Patents by Inventor Eric F. Alvarez

Eric F. Alvarez 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).

  • Automated rotation tool
    Patent number: 8260644
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a scheduling system structured for generating at least one posting to fill a vacant post on a schedule. In an embodiment, the scheduling system includes a scheduling database and an automated rotation tool. The scheduling database includes a personnel roster and a schedule. The schedule includes a vacant post. The scheduling database transmits the schedule and the personnel roster to the automated rotation tool. The automated rotation tool includes a computer system, and receives the personnel roster and the vacant post beginning within the vacancy window from the scheduling database, and also receives a rule, a parameter, and a vacancy window. The automated rotation tool generates a posting assigning a person from the personnel roster to the vacant post according to the rule and the parameter, and transmits the posting to the scheduling database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan B. Buckelew, Dean Brown, Mona Halprin Ehrenreich, Johannes Staudhammer Laue, Eric F. Alvarez, Nathan Y. Chan
  • AUTOMATED ROTATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20100268569
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a scheduling system structured for generating at least one posting to fill a vacant post on a schedule. In an embodiment, the scheduling system includes a scheduling database and an automated rotation tool. The scheduling database includes a personnel roster and a schedule. The schedule includes a vacant post. The scheduling database transmits the schedule and the personnel roster to the automated rotation tool. The automated rotation tool includes a computer system, and receives the personnel roster and the vacant post beginning within the vacancy window from the scheduling database, and also receives a rule, a parameter, and a vacancy window. The automated rotation tool generates a posting assigning a person from the personnel roster to the vacant post according to the rule and the parameter, and transmits the posting to the scheduling database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Alan B. Buckelew, Dean Brown, Mona Halprin Ehrenreich, Johannes Staudhammer Laue, Eric F. Alvarez, Nathan Y. Chan