Patents by Inventor Francis E. del Rosario
Francis E. del Rosario 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: 10083416Abstract: Embodiments of the present routing returned inventory assets and provide a method, system and computer program product for routing items in a manufacturing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for routing items in a manufacturing environment can be provided. The method can include defining attributes of work pools in the manufacturing environment, defining a set of reuse strategies for use in the manufacturing environment, receiving a returned inventory asset in the manufacturing environment and obtaining at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset, comparing the obtained at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset to the set of reuse strategies to select the reuse strategy to apply to the returned inventory asset and applying the selected reuse strategy to the returned inventory asset to assign the returned inventory asset to one of the work pools in the manufacturing environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Francis E. Del Rosario, Kael B. Eddy, Clinton W. Erie, Ivory W. Knipfer, Matthew H. Zemke
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Patent number: 8949149Abstract: A novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for controlling inventory stocking and usage based on part attributes. A method for controlling inventory stocking and usage based on part attributes that can include establishing a stock footprint, which maps stocking locations to attributes on a part, establishing a usage strategy, which maps a prioritized list of attributes to a part request order type, establishing a usage characteristic set, which maps a set of usage characteristics to the usage strategy, receiving a request order, and, applying the established usage strategy to the received request order based on matching a characteristic set of the received request order with the usage characteristic set of the established usage strategy.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Francis E. del Rosario, Kael B. Eddy, Clinton W. Erie, Ivory W. Knipfer, Matthew H. Zemke
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Patent number: 8661293Abstract: A method, data processing system, and computer program product for testing a computer system. A sequencer tests the computer system using test modules arranged in a first sequence, wherein each of the test modules is for testing at least a portion of the computer system. The sequencer determines if an operator is available, in response to an interrupt generated by a test module. If an operator is available, the sequencer arranges the test modules into a second sequence based on a first policy. If an operator is unavailable, the sequencer arranges the test modules into a third sequence based on a second policy.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Francis E. del Rosario, Jie Li, Antoine G. Sater, Hong Ye
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Publication number: 20130007525Abstract: A method, data processing system, and computer program product for testing a computer system. A sequencer tests the computer system using test modules arranged in a first sequence, wherein each of the test modules is for testing at least a portion of the computer system. The sequencer determines if an operator is available, in response to an interrupt generated by a test module. If an operator is available, the sequencer arranges the test modules into a second sequence based on a first policy. If an operator is unavailable, the sequencer arranges the test modules into a third sequence based on a second policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Francis E. del Rosario, Jie Li, Antoine G. Sater, Hong Ye
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Patent number: 8010217Abstract: A method for reconfiguring a partially manufactured product for a canceled custom-built order during a manufacturing process includes canceling a custom-built order for a product that has been partially manufactured. The method also includes reading a configuration of the partially manufactured product for the custom-built order that has been canceled, and reading at least one order for a different manufactured product, wherein each order is associated with a target configuration. The method yet further includes reading a set of rules that match a given configuration with one of a set of target configurations and executing the set of rules upon the configuration of the partially manufactured product so as to match the configuration of the partially manufactured product with one of a target configuration of the at least one order.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ivory W. Knipfer, Jason S. Lee, Francis E. del Rosario, Antoine G. Sater, Hao H. Xu, Hui Zhang
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Publication number: 20100023147Abstract: A method for reconfiguring a partially manufactured product during a manufacturing process is disclosed. The method can include reading a configuration of the partially manufactured product and reading at least one order for a manufactured product, wherein each order is associated with a target configuration. The method can further include reading a set of rules that match a given configuration with one of a set of target configurations and executing the set of rules upon the configuration of the partially manufactured product so as to match the configuration of the partially manufactured product with one of a target configuration of the at least one order. The method can further include initiating re-configuration of the partially manufactured product to the target configuration with which it was matched. Thus, the partially manufactured product is reused in the manufacturing process to fulfill an order it was not originally created to fulfill.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ivory W. Knipfer, Jason S. Lee, Francis E. del Rosario, Antoine G. Sater, Hao H. Xu, Hui Zhang
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Publication number: 20090299881Abstract: Embodiments of the present routing returned inventory assets and provide a method, system and computer program product for routing items in a manufacturing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for routing items in a manufacturing environment can be provided. The method can include defining attributes of work pools in the manufacturing environment, defining a set of reuse strategies for use in the manufacturing environment, receiving a returned inventory asset in the manufacturing environment and obtaining at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset, comparing the obtained at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset to the set of reuse strategies to select the reuse strategy to apply to the returned inventory asset and applying the selected reuse strategy to the returned inventory asset to assign the returned inventory asset to one of the work pools in the manufacturing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Francis E. Del Rosario, Kael B. Eddy, Clinton W. Erie, Ivory W. Knipfer, Matthew H. Zemke
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Publication number: 20090171816Abstract: A novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for controlling inventory stocking and usage based on part attributes. A method for controlling inventory stocking and usage based on part attributes that can include establishing a stock footprint, which maps stocking locations to attributes on a part, establishing a usage strategy, which maps a prioritized list of attributes to a part request order type, establishing a usage characteristic set, which maps a set of usage characteristics to the usage strategy, receiving a request order, and, applying the established usage strategy to the received request order based on matching a characteristic set of the received request order with the usage characteristic set of the established usage strategy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Francis E. del Rosario, Kael B. Eddy, Clinton W. Erie, Ivory W. Knipfer, Matthew H. Zemke