Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Manning

Kenneth M. Manning 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).

  • Method for analyzing profitability of freight load hauling operations
    Patent number: 6604081
    Abstract: The method allows for analyzing the profitability of each of two or more freight loads hauled by a freight-hauling vehicle while the vehicle travels through a round trip from a home location to a terminating location. The total cost associated with all of the freight loads carried during the round trip are apportioned among each of the freight loads based on the revenue contribution of the load, the total revenue from the round trip, the actual cost associated with the load, and the total cost of the round trip. A computer-readable medium is encoded with a plurality of processor-executable instruction sequences for analyzing the profitability of each of two or more freight loads hauled by a freight-hauling vehicle while the vehicle travels through a round trip from a home location to a terminating location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Transportation Costing Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Manning, William R. Shults