Patents by Inventor Ikuko Fukutani

Ikuko Fukutani 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).

  • Daily delivered articles order optimization support system, method, and storage medium therefor
    Patent number: 7328168
    Abstract: An estimated shortfall by article and time period is first computed. Then, based on the estimated shortfall, etc., an expected profit of each of the first through m-th ordered pieces of each article is computed, and sorted in order from the highest expected profit. Based on the sorting result, for example, an order pattern with which the highest profit can be expected in the order budget is presented. The above mentioned process can be separately performed between weekdays and holidays if the sales characteristics are different between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Minami Watanabe, Tetsuya Shindo, Ikuko Fukutani
  • Daily delivered articles order optimization support system, method, and storage medium therefor
    Publication number: 20020165761
    Abstract: An estimated shortfall by article and time period is first computed. Then, based on the estimated shortfall, etc., an expected profit of each of the first through m-th ordered pieces of each article is computed, and sorted in order from the highest expected profit. Based on the sorting result, for example, an order pattern with which the highest profit can be expected in the order budget is presented. The above mentioned process can be separately performed between weekdays and holidays if the sales characteristics are different between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Minami Watanabe, Tetsuya Shindo, Ikuko Fukutani