Patents by Inventor David R. Pendergraft
David R. Pendergraft 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).
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Patent number: 8577708Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for creating an effective work schedule for a security checkpoint. The process includes the step of analyzing passenger flow to determine the coverage needed to sustain required service levels, generally through simulating the checkpoint to determine required staffing levels. Another step to optimize workforce levels and schedules is to create workforce schedules that are based on optimized person-hours and key variables. The schedule staffs as needed to achieve the required staffing levels and may consider numerous other factors, including acceptable ranges for shift lengths; a maximum number of start times; and a percentage of part-time or seasonal employees. In a particular embodiment, the schedule is formed by using linear programming to solve for a tour assignment matrix (defining a schedule) from a demand matrix representing the needed number of workers and a co efficient matrix representing the availability of workers.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Craig Robertson, Ann Raechel Shrader-Brawley, Daniel G. Frisk, David R. Pendergraft
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Publication number: 20120316903Abstract: A collective knowledge set of business relationship information from a plurality of sources is generated. The collective knowledge set is mapped as a plurality of navigable paths forming a business relationship network between a source and a target. One or more of the paths are identified as candidate paths most likely to lead to a business relationship between the source and the target based on evaluation criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: David R. Pendergraft, Michael P. Miller
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Patent number: 8249903Abstract: A collective knowledge set of business relationship information from a plurality of sources is generated. The collective knowledge set is mapped as a plurality of navigable paths forming a business relationship network between a source and a target. One or more of the paths are identified as candidate paths most likely to lead to a business relationship between the source and the target based on evaluation criteria.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: David R. Pendergraft, Michael P. Miller
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Publication number: 20110131075Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for creating an effective work schedule for a security checkpoint. The process includes the step of analyzing passenger flow to determine the coverage needed to sustain required service levels, generally through simulating the checkpoint to determine required staffing levels. Another step to optimize workforce levels and schedules is to create workforce schedules that are based on optimized person-hours and key variables. The schedule staffs as needed to achieve the required staffing levels and may consider numerous other factors, including acceptable ranges for shift lengths; a maximum number of start times; and a percentage of part-time or seasonal employees. In a particular embodiment, the schedule is formed by using linear programming to solve for a tour assignment matrix (defining a schedule) from a demand matrix representing the needed number of workers and a co efficient matrix representing the availability of workers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Craig ROBERTSON, Ann Raechel Shrader-Brawley, Daniel G. Frisk, David R. Pendergraft
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Patent number: 7840435Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for creating an effective work schedule for a security checkpoint. The process includes the step of analyzing passenger flow to determine the coverage needed to sustain required service levels, generally through simulating the checkpoint to determine required staffing levels. Another step to optimize workforce levels and schedules is to create workforce schedules that are based on optimized person-hours and key variables. The schedule staffs as needed to achieve the required staffing levels and may consider numerous other factors, including acceptable ranges for shift lengths; a maximum number of start times; and a percentage of part-time or seasonal employees. In a particular embodiment, the schedule is formed by using linear programming to solve for a tour assignment matrix (defining a schedule) from a demand matrix representing the needed number of workers and a coefficient matrix representing the availability of workers.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbHInventors: Craig Robertson, Ann Raechel Shrader-Brawley, Daniel G. Frisk, David R. Pendergraft
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Publication number: 20080086343Abstract: A collective knowledge set of business relationship information from a plurality of sources is generated. The collective knowledge set is mapped as a plurality of navigable paths forming a business relationship network between a source and a target. One or more of the paths are identified as candidate paths most likely to lead to a business relationship between the source and the target based on evaluation criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: David R. Pendergraft, Michael P. Miller
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Patent number: 7102512Abstract: A Mobile Security Unit (MSU) has a security checkpoint and a transport. The security checkpoint has an item screening area and a personal screening area. The checkpoint is configured as needed to fit within the transport. The MSU may further separate certain individuals into a secure, enclosed wanding station for additional security screening. The wanding station may be constructed using glass (or other strong, visually transparent substance) and metallic (such as aluminum or steel) posts so that people may be securely enclosed in the wanding station but still have a direct line of sight to personal items being screened at another location. The MSU is configured so that most people pass straight through the checkpoint, and people leaving the wanding station can easily obtain their items without delaying others.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbHInventor: David R. Pendergraft
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Publication number: 20040193473Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for creating an effective work schedule for a security checkpoint. The process includes the step of analyzing passenger flow to determine the coverage needed to sustain required service levels. The coverage is generally determined through simulating the security checkpoint to determine required staffing levels. Another step to optimize workforce levels and schedules is to create workforce schedules that are based on optimized person-hours and key variables. The schedule staffs as needed to achieve the required staffing levels. The schedule may consider numerous other factors, such as acceptable ranges for minimum and maximum shift lengths; a maximum number of start times; and a percentage of part-time or seasonal employees. Saving from the present invention may then be determined by comparing baseline worker-hours to optimized worker-hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbhInventors: Craig Robertson, Ann Raechel Shrader-Brawley, Daniel G. Frisk, David R. Pendergraft