Patents by Inventor Blanton C. Winship

Blanton C. Winship 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).

  • METHOD FOR BUILDING AND FILTERING CARRIER SHIPMENT ROUTINGS
    Publication number: 20220253805
    Abstract: A method and system for determining available shipment options between origin and destination address locations includes defining a plurality of service area polygons as geospatial objects in a geospatial database that correspond to geographic service areas served by a carrier, building a plurality of route definitions that define the shipping services between each origin/destination pair of service area polygons, and defining a plurality of route guide polygons as geospatial objects in the geospatial database that further limit the available shipping services at predetermined locations within the service area polygons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Shiplify, LLC
    Inventor: Blanton C. Winship
  • Method for building and filtering carrier shipment routings
    Patent number: 11321661
    Abstract: A method and system for determining available shipment options between origin and destination address locations includes defining a plurality of service area polygons as geospatial objects in a geospatial database that correspond to geographic service areas served by a carrier, building a plurality of route definitions that define the shipping services between each origin/destination pair of service area polygons, and defining a plurality of route guide polygons as geospatial objects in the geospatial database that further limit the available shipping services at predetermined locations within the service area polygons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Shiplify, LLC
    Inventor: Blanton C. Winship, Sr.