Patents by Inventor Christopher Howarth

Christopher Howarth 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).

  • Publication number: 20060195370
    Abstract: A method for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items is provided. The method can comprise: collecting sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from one or more sources; aggregating the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure; completing a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of sales records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-identification; and storing the plurality of sales records. The method can comprise reporting the one or more fields of at least one of the plurality of sales records. A system and computer program code implementing a method, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: SP Holdings Plc.
    Inventor: Christopher Howarth