Patents by Inventor Donald B. Cummings

Donald B. Cummings 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).

  • Patent number: 11514110
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes searching, by machine learning logic of a computer, a flight schedule database for one or more flight schedule records related to flight preference information specified by a user. The machine learning logic is trained with training data that includes flight schedules selected by passengers and flight preference information associated with the passengers. The method further includes responsive to locating the one or more flight schedule records, communicating, by the computer, flight schedules associated with the one or more flight schedule records to a terminal associated with the user. The method includes receiving, from the terminal, a booking indication associated with a particular flight schedule of the flight schedules and updating the training data to associate the particular flight schedule with the flight preference information specified by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Glatfelter, Brian D. Laughlin, Terrence J. McGowan, Donald B. Cummings
  • Publication number: 20210240772
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes searching, by machine learning logic of a computer, a flight schedule database for one or more flight schedule records related to flight preference information specified by a user. The machine learning logic is trained with training data that includes flight schedules selected by passengers and flight preference information associated with the passengers. The method further includes responsive to locating the one or more flight schedule records, communicating, by the computer, flight schedules associated with the one or more flight schedule records to a terminal associated with the user. The method includes receiving, from the terminal, a booking indication associated with a particular flight schedule of the flight schedules and updating the training data to associate the particular flight schedule with the flight preference information specified by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: John W. Glatfelter, Brian D. Laughlin, Terrence J. McGowan, Donald B. Cummings