Patents by Inventor John R. Mattioli, Jr.

John R. Mattioli, Jr. 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).

  • Platform independent rate data and method of calculating a rate for a carrier manager using platform independent rate data
    Patent number: 6286009
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a platform independent rate data structure for representing a rate chart for a carrier manager system and a method of calculating a rate using the platform independent rate data structure and carrier rate calculation software of the carrier manager system. The rate data structure represents the rate chart, and comprises a header and a data area. The header contains information which describes the content of the rate data structure. The data area may comprise a collection of expressions and a collection of subtables. The expressions are mathematical formulas representing rates. The subtables are formats representing rate chart data. A rate chart may be represented by a combination of subtables and/or expressions in a rate data structure. The amount of space required to represent the rate chart is reduced by the rate data structure representation of the present invention. The rate data structure representation is also platform independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Mattioli, Jr., Jacques Hasbani, Terri A. Carroll, Angela M. Njo, Edward M. Rauh, Stephen C. Nunnally