Abstract: The method of managing the delivery of an order from at least one supplier to a respective delivery agent, and from the delivery agent to a respective buyer, given a requested order date and the respective buyers address, consisting of the steps including: determining a first potential arrival date of the order at a respective delivery agents location based on the order request date and the buyer's address; calculating the capacity of the delivery agent to ship the order based the first potential arrive date request; and finally, determining when there is sufficient capacity to ship the order to the buyer's address.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 1999
Date of Patent:
November 25, 2008
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Timothy Jay Smith, Terry Ray Stout, Jeffrey Allen Hume, Gregory Ellington
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of displaying at least one alpha-numeric character of an HTML based web page that will not be printed when the web page is printed. The process consists of generating at least one transparent graphic image, wherein each graphic image is a non-printing alpha-numeric character on a non-printing background, getting a respective transparent graphic image for each alpha-numeric character when the no print feature is desired, and generating a web page comprising each of the transparent graphic images, wherein the web page has a contrasting background relative to the color of the respective alpha-numeric character.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 9, 2004
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Carey David Boaz, Joseph M. Hedrick, Steve E. Anderson
Abstract: A method and apparatus for magnetically triggering a superconductor in a superconducting fault current limiter to transition from a superconducting state to a resistive state. The triggering is achieved by employing current-carrying trigger coil or foil on either or both the inner diameter and outer diameter of a superconductor. The current-carrying coil or foil generates a magnetic field with sufficient strength and the superconductor is disposed within essentially uniform magnetic field region. For superconductor in a tubular-configured form, an additional magnetic field can be generated by placing current-carrying wire or foil inside the tube and along the center axial line.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2004
Assignee:
SuperPower, Inc.
Inventors:
Xing Yuan, Drew Willard Hazelton, Michael Stephen Walker
Abstract: Computerized method and system for assisting a consumer reach a decision regarding repair or replacement of a product usable by the consumer is provided. The method allows for providing to the consumer a Web page including a plurality of data fields to be filled with data selectable by the consumer from a corresponding plurality of menus including respective product attributes. The method further allows for processing the product attributes selected by the consumer relative to stored economic value data of products with generally similar attributes to those of the product usable by the consumer. The processing is configured to provide options available to the consumer regarding any repair or replacement of the product usable by the consumer. The consumer is provided with a Web page hierarchically displaying the options and wherein each of the options includes a respective hyperlink for enabling the consumer to select one of the options.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 21, 2004
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Kevin Michael Ruppelt, Tamara Yvette Clay
Abstract: A fine filter assembly for a dishwasher includes a filter body having a soil accumulation trough. The soil accumulation trough defines a substantially helical flow path between a fine filter inlet and an outlet. A natural flow path is therefore provided to efficiently clean fine the filter assembly with downwardly directed fluid jets generated by a lower spray arm assembly. Soil is directed to a fine filter drain tube with relative ease, thereby facilitating use of more efficient use of a drain pump inlet as a soil collection chamber during wash cycles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2000
Date of Patent:
March 2, 2004
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Arjan Johannes Hegeman, David V. Helmlinger