Patents by Inventor Geoffrey M. Squires

Geoffrey M. Squires 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).

  • Value chain management
    Patent number: 10102488
    Abstract: A system for managing a value chain includes a planning application that receives planning data from a number of entities included in a value chain and automatically generates a plan according to the planning data. At least two of the entities do not directly communicate planning data to one another. The system also includes a manager application that receives the plan and automatically identifies one or more exceptions in the plan, communicates planning data relating to the exceptions to one or more of the entities, receives instructions from one or more of the entities regarding how the exceptions are to resolved, and automatically modifies the planning data in response to the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: JDA Software Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Fischer, Geoffrey M. Squires, Rakesh Sharma, Ramnath Ganesan, Deepak M. Ghodke, Bharadwaj Rangarajan
  • Value chain management
    Patent number: 8005699
    Abstract: A system (10) for managing a value chain includes a planning application (36) that receives planning data from a number of entities included in a value chain and automatically generates a plan according to the planning data. At least two of the entities do not directly communicate planning data to one another. The system (10) also includes a manager application (44) that receives the plan and automatically identifies one or more exceptions in the plan, communicates planning data relating to the exceptions to one or more of the entities, receives instructions from one or more of the entities regarding how the exceptions are to resolved, and automatically modifies the planning data in response to the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: JDA Software Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Fischer, Geoffrey M. Squires, Rakesh Sharma, Ramnath Ganesan, Deepak M. Ghodke, Bharadwaj Rangarajan
  • Value chain management
    Patent number: 7349861
    Abstract: A system (10) for managing a value chain includes a planning application (36) that receives planning data from a number of entities included in a value chain and automatically generates a plan according to the planning data. At least two of the entities do not directly communicate planning data to one another. The system (10) also includes a manager application (44) that receives the plan and automatically identifies one or more exceptions in the plan, communicates planning data relating to the exceptions to one or more of the entities, receives instructions from one or more of the entities regarding how the exceptions are to resolved, and automatically modifies the planning data in response to the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: i2 Technologies US, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Fischer, Geoffrey M. Squires, Rakesh Sharma, Ramnath Ganesan, Deepak M. Ghodke, Bharadwaj Rangarajan