Patents by Inventor Lamont U. Cannon

Lamont U. Cannon 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).

  • Environmentally responsive shipping selection
    Patent number: 8738430
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are provided for enabling the selection of a shipping option responsive to an environmental preference. A user indicates a shipping criteria preference including an environmental impact weighting. A cost value of each of a plurality of shipping options is determined including an environmental impact cost. A shipping options is selected and implemented for a shipping of an item as a function of the indicated environmental impact weighting. Each of the plurality of shipping option cost values may be dynamically recalculated and the status of at least one of the shipping options updated, the updating determining a change in value a shipping option cost value, an implemented selected shipping option changed to another of the plurality of shipping options as a function of the status updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Lamont U. Cannon, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Ruthie D. Lyle, Anne R. Sand