Patents by Inventor Charles L. Goodall

Charles L. Goodall 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).

  • System and method for bin management
    Patent number: 6942146
    Abstract: A system for bin management includes an input of bin quantity, a database of customer-specific data, and a controller. The controller is operatively connected to the database and arranged to obtain the customer-specific data and the input of bin quantity, to use the customer specific data and the input of bin quantity to determine a segmentation of a multiplicity of bins, to create a representation identifying the segmentation of the multiplicity of bins and has a memory for storing the representation. The system additionally has an output of the representation which identifies the segmentation of the multiplicity of bins. Processes for calculating the segmentation of the multiplicity of bins and for storing and retrieving items based on segmentation data are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Walgreen Company
    Inventors: Rachel H. Pfutzenreuter, Dejan Kozic, Charles L. Goodall, Rong Huang
  • System and method for bin management
    Publication number: 20030146274
    Abstract: A system for bin management includes an input of bin quantity, a database of customer-specific data, and a controller. The controller is operatively connected to the database and arranged to obtain the customer-specific data and the input of bin quantity, to use the customer specific data and the input of bin quantity to determine a segmentation of a multiplicity of bins, to create a representation identifying the segmentation of the multiplicity of bins and has a memory for storing the representation. The system additionally has an output of the representation which identifies the segmentation of the multiplicity of bins. Processes for calculating the segmentation of the multiplicity of bins and for storing and retrieving items based on segmentation data are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Rachel H. Pfutzenreuter, Dejan Kozic, Charles L. Goodall, Rong Huang