Patents by Inventor Leonard J. Testa

Leonard J. Testa 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).

  • System for scheduling multiple time dependent events
    Patent number: 7246075
    Abstract: A scheduling system for choosing the most appropriate heuristic for solving time-dependant scheduling problems. The invention includes a means for selecting the most appropriate heuristic method for generating a schedule from an enumerative (“brute force”) method, a dynamic programming method, and a genetic method. The invention further includes a hashing function that is capable of detecting duplicate solutions generated by the dynamic programming module and a height-balanced binary tree for providing search insertion and deletion operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: North Carolina A&T State University
    Inventor: Leonard J. Testa