Patents by Inventor Carsten Schumm

Carsten Schumm 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: 12602627
    Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to methods and systems for generating a model of an optimum flow of materials within a supply network based on a relax mixed integer programming model. For example, the method may include generating, via a software application, a model of the supply network based on the data stored in the storage device, executing a MIP optimizer on the model to generate a configuration of a flow of materials within the supply network, wherein the MIP optimizer is instructed to relax discrete constraints within the supply network when generating the configuration, generating a graphical user interface that includes a plurality of graphical objects corresponding to a plurality of locations included in the configuration and directional edges between the plurality of graphical objects corresponding to the flow of the materials between the plurality of locations, and displaying the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jakob Witzig, Anna Walter, Christoph Eckert, Dimitri Kniasew, Maximilian Pfister, Carsten Schumm, Claudia Volke
  • Publication number: 20240265314
    Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to methods and systems for generating a model of an optimum flow of materials within a supply network based on a relax mixed integer programming model. For example, the method may include generating, via a software application, a model of the supply network based on the data stored in the storage device, executing a MIP optimizer on the model to generate a configuration of a flow of materials within the supply network, wherein the MIP optimizer is instructed to relax discrete constraints within the supply network when generating the configuration, generating a graphical user interface that includes a plurality of graphical objects corresponding to a plurality of locations included in the configuration and directional edges between the plurality of graphical objects corresponding to the flow of the materials between the plurality of locations, and displaying the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jakob Witzig, Anna Walter, Christoph Eckert, Dimitri Kniasew, Maximilian Pfister, Carsten Schumm, Claudia Volke
  • Patent number: 8321258
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments of each vehicle. The system may include evaluating a set of constraints on the shipment. The constraints may include a complex logical statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengeselleschaft
    Inventors: Jens Gottlieb, Jochen Christoph Eckert, Thomas Engelmann, Carsten Schumm
  • Publication number: 20080065262
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments of each vehicle. The system may include evaluating a set of constraints on the shipment. The constraints may include a complex logical statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Jens Gottlieb, Jochen Christoph Eckert, Thomas Engelmann, Carsten Schumm