Patents by Inventor Allan Brady Cole

Allan Brady Cole 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).

  • Patent number: 10540615
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a network planning tool comprising one or more memory storage areas containing data related to a plurality of transportation networks, and one or more computer processors configured to: receive input data comprising one or more modifications to one or more parameters associated with the plurality of transportation networks; retrieve at least a portion of the data contained in the one or more memory storage areas; validate the input data against the portion of data retrieved from the one or more memory storage areas, the validating comprising at least calculating one or more impacts to the integrated flow model based at least in part upon the received input data; and calculate, based at least in part upon the identified one or more impacts, one or more updated flow models for the plurality of transportation networks. Associated computer program products and computer-implemented methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Daniel Stevens, Allan Brady Cole
  • Publication number: 20130066669
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a service exception analysis system for identifying the existence of one or more service exceptions incurred during actual transport of one or more of a plurality of packages. The system comprises one or more computer processors configured to receive actual data related to one or more observed parameters associated with transport of at least one of the plurality of packages; retrieve at least a portion of forecast data contained in one or more memory storage areas, the forecast data being related to one or more expected parameters associated with transport; compare the actual and forecast data to identify one or more discrepancies; analyze the one or more discrepancies to verify whether one or more service exceptions exist; and in response to one or more service exceptions being identified, generate one or more service exception reports. Associated computer program products and computer-implemented methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Daniel Stevens, Allan Brady Cole
  • Publication number: 20130066610
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a network planning tool comprising one or more memory storage areas containing data related to a plurality of transportation networks, and one or more computer processors configured to: receive input data comprising one or more modifications to one or more parameters associated with the plurality of transportation networks; retrieve at least a portion of the data contained in the one or more memory storage areas; validate the input data against the portion of data retrieved from the one or more memory storage areas, the validating comprising at least calculating one or more impacts to the integrated flow model based at least in part upon the received input data; and calculate, based at least in part upon the identified one or more impacts, one or more updated flow models for the plurality of transportation networks. Associated computer program products and computer-implemented methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Daniel Stevens, Allan Brady Cole