Patents by Inventor Carolyn M. Nickey

Carolyn M. Nickey 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).

  • Order fulfillment processing system
    Patent number: 6587827
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a customer generated order for a product, more particularly to a method for one or more client computers connected through a server to a plurality of supplier computers to fulfill a customer generated order. The method includes the client creating an order event with a preferred supplier, the server routing the order event to the preferred supplier, the server monitoring status of the order event from the preferred supplier, the preferred supplier processing the order event, and the server periodically synchronizing inventory between the client and all suppliers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Carole Hennig, Melody Peters, Carolyn M. Nickey, Gary Brandt, Eric Price, Marjorie Sladek