Patents by Inventor Clifford Wayne Bolinger

Clifford Wayne Bolinger 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).

  • Systems and methods for safety stock settings using a parallel processing computing architecture
    Patent number: 11348047
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a graphics processing unit programmed to generate a sample path for the demand of the one or more products at a store based at least in part on data associated with a historical distribution of the variability of the demand of the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may generate a thread corresponding to a plurality scenarios. The graphics processing unit may execute the thread in parallel to determine one or more parameters for each of the plurality of scenarios for the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may select the one or more parameters generated from the execution of one of the sample paths to minimize the cost. The graphics processing unit may adjust an inventory management system to set an inventory management setting based at least in part on the selection of the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Shuohao Wu, Richard Ulrich, Dong Xu, Jingying Zhang, Kunlei Lian, Clifford Wayne Bolinger, Jackie Lei Guan
  • Systems and Methods for Safety Stock Settings Using a Parallel Processing Computing Architecture
    Publication number: 20200401968
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a graphics processing unit programmed to generate a sample path for the demand of the one or more products at a store based at least in part on data associated with a historical distribution of the variability of the demand of the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may generate a thread corresponding to a plurality scenarios. The graphics processing unit may execute the thread in parallel to determine one or more parameters for each of the plurality of scenarios for the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may select the one or more parameters generated from the execution of one of the sample paths to minimize the cost. The graphics processing unit may adjust an inventory management system to set an inventory management setting based at least in part on the selection of the one or more parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Shuohao Wu, Richard Ulrich, Dong Xu, Jingying Zhang, Kunlei Lian, Clifford Wayne Bolinger, Jackie Lei Guan