Patents by Inventor Christopher P. Roney

Christopher P. Roney 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 dispatching by exception
    Patent number: 8380373
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network based on the movement plan and prompting the dispatcher to provide information or take specified actions relating to the predicted events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul M. Julich, Mitchell Scott Wills, Joanne Maceo, Joseph Wesley Philp, Brian Smith, Christopher P. Roney
  • System and method for dispatching by exception
    Publication number: 20090143927
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network based on the movement plan and prompting the dispatcher to provide information or take specified actions relating to the predicted events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul M. Julich, Mitchell Scott Wills, Joanne Maceo, Joseph Wesley Philp, Brian Smith, Christopher P. Roney
  • System and method for dispatching by exception
    Publication number: 20040172175
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network based on the movement plan and prompting the dispatcher to provide information or take specified actions relating to the predicted events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Paul M. Julich, Mitchell Scott Wills, Joanne Margaret Maceo, Joseph Wesley Philp, Brian Scott Smith, Christopher P. Roney