Patents by Inventor Walter C. Rector

Walter C. Rector has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method of selecting box size
    Patent number: 6615104
    Abstract: A system and method of processing orders comprises receiving an order for at least one item, planning the order including enabling a computer system to select a container size for storing the at least one item, and overriding the container size selected by the computer system by manually determining and selecting a container having a size different than the container size selected by the computer system to store the at least one item. An override input indicating the container size of the manually determined and selected container is provided to the computer system. The computer system automatically selects a container size equal to the container size indicated in the override input during the planning of subsequent orders if the package size of items are equal to that of the first order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nintendo of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tammy J. England, Walter C. Rector
  • System and method of selecting box size
    Publication number: 20020165639
    Abstract: A system and method of processing orders comprises receiving an order for at least one item, planning the order including enabling a computer system to select a container size for storing the at least one item, and overriding the container size selected by the computer system by manually determining and selecting a container having a size different than the container size selected by the computer system to store the at least one item. An override input indicating the container size of the manually determined and selected container is provided to the computer system. The computer system automatically selects a container size equal to the container size indicated in the override input during the planning of subsequent orders if the package size of items are equal to that of the first order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tammy J. England, Walter C. Rector