Patents by Inventor Jochen Christoph Eckert

Jochen Christoph Eckert 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).

  • Vehicle scheduling and routing with compartments
    Patent number: 8321258
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments of each vehicle. The system may include evaluating a set of constraints on the shipment. The constraints may include a complex logical statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengeselleschaft
    Inventors: Jens Gottlieb, Jochen Christoph Eckert, Thomas Engelmann, Carsten Schumm
  • Vehicle scheduling and routing with compartments
    Publication number: 20080065262
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments of each vehicle. The system may include evaluating a set of constraints on the shipment. The constraints may include a complex logical statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Jens Gottlieb, Jochen Christoph Eckert, Thomas Engelmann, Carsten Schumm