Patents by Inventor John McNiel Dietz

John McNiel Dietz 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).

  • Systems and methods for modification of service status of geographical delivery areas for common carriers
    Patent number: 8027932
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for modifying the status for one or more carrier services based on one or more geographical delivery areas. Such embodiments provide an interface module executed by a processor to modify data indicating the status for the one or more carrier services in response to obtaining data indicating the one or more carrier services to be modified, a beginning date for which the status of the one or more carrier services is to be modified, an ending date for which the status will return to its pre-existing state prior to being modified, one or more geographical delivery areas in which the status is to be modified, and a modification for the one or more carrier services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry M. Johnson, Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber, John McNiel Dietz, William Ward Smith, III, Jinyue Liu, Hsiangwen S Hu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFICATION OF SERVICE STATUS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DELIVERY AREAS FOR COMMON CARRIERS
    Publication number: 20100153148
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for modifying the status for one or more carrier services based on one or more geographical delivery areas. Such embodiments provide an interface module executed by a processor to modify data indicating the status for the one or more carrier services in response to obtaining data indicating the one or more carrier services to be modified, a beginning date for which the status of the one or more carrier services is to be modified, an ending date for which the status will return to its pre-existing state prior to being modified, one or more geographical delivery areas in which the status is to be modified, and a modification for the one or more carrier services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Jerry M. Johnson, Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber, John McNiel Dietz, William Ward Smith, III, Jinyue Liu, Hsiangwen S. Hu