Patents by Inventor Dirk P. Günther

Dirk P. Günther 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).

  • Method and system for developing optimized schedules
    Patent number: 7340405
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for optimizing a schedule of legs employed in transporting objects between geographic markets. The process identifies a set of itineraries for serving a set of markets, and then generates a set of market plans for each market. Each market plan comprises a modified set of the itineraries for the market. The profitability of each market plan is then determined, and a selection is made from the set of market plans of a subset thereof that optimizes overall profit of the schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sabre Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk P. Günther, Ellis L. Johnson, Ladislav Lettovsky, Barry C. Smith