Patents by Inventor Glenn W. Herrick

Glenn W. Herrick 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).

  • Allocation of flight legs to dispatcher positions
    Patent number: 8626429
    Abstract: A method includes receiving flight leg data and dispatcher position data for a planning horizon and identifying cycle flight legs and extraordinary flight legs based on the flight leg data. The method includes allocating each cycle flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions. The method includes allocating, after allocating each cycle flight leg, each extraordinary flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Cipriano A Santos, Ivan Adrian Lopez Sanchez, Xin Zhang, Glenn W Herrick, Mark D Raper
  • ALLOCATION OF FLIGHT LEGS TO DISPATCHER POSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130211702
    Abstract: A method includes receiving flight leg data and dispatcher position data for a planning horizon and identifying cycle flight legs and extraordinary flight legs based on the flight leg data. The method includes allocating each cycle flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions. The method includes allocating, after allocating each cycle flight leg, each extraordinary flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Cipriano A. Santos, Ivan Adrian Lopez Sanchez, Xin Zhang, Glenn W. Herrick, Mark D. Raper