Patents by Inventor Margaret A. Johnson

Margaret A. Johnson 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).

  • Patent number: 8234186
    Abstract: An inventory management method and system may be capable of monitoring an inventory by compiling historical data relating to the inventory, defining net inventory needs, and calculating the quantity and/or types of inventory that may be needed to maintain a suitable level of inventory. More than one inventory and respective source may be included in the calculation of the inventory needs. The calculation may determine the inventory needs at a particular location or the inventory that must be maintained at a particular location based at least in part on the historical data, the inventory needs, and the customer's needs. The inventory and/or inventory locations may be consolidated, increased, decreased, and eliminated, as suitable to meet the needs of the customer. The net change in inventory related costs resulting from facility changes such as consolidation, increase, decrease, and elimination may be calculated and optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Brian S. Alba, Joseph M Walter, Miroslav S. Karamanov, Margaret A. Johnson, Robert Bruce Sadler, Kristy Crist
  • Patent number: 7752545
    Abstract: A generator sequence is defined and used for providing an enhanced user experience and increased user control. A generator sequence is established as a series of user inputs that trigger an output. User inputs to the generator system managing the generator sequence are employed to define a user performance value for a specific point, or position, in the generator sequence. The user performance value is then used to establish a new user point, or position, in the generator sequence. The user inputs and/or the new user generator sequence point are used to identify one or more feedback effects files and/or functions and one or more benefit effects files and/or functions for producing user output. A user can utilize the feedback effects and/or benefit effects to alter their inputs to control the generator sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Howard William Phillips, II, Michel Pahud, Margaret Johnson, Heinz Wilfried Schuller
  • Publication number: 20090138383
    Abstract: An inventory management method and system may be capable of monitoring an inventory by compiling historical data relating to the inventory, defining net inventory needs, and calculating the quantity and/or types of inventory that may be needed to maintain a suitable level of inventory. More than one inventory and respective source may be included in the calculation of the inventory needs. The calculation may determine the inventory needs at a particular location or the inventory that must be maintained at a particular location based at least in part on the historical data, the inventory needs, and the customer's needs. The inventory and/or inventory locations may be consolidated, increased, decreased, and eliminated, as suitable to meet the needs of the customer. The net change in inventory related costs resulting from facility changes such as consolidation, increase, decrease, and elimination may be calculated and optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Brian S. Alba, Joseph M. Walter, Miroslav S. Karamanov, Margaret A. Johnson, Robert Bruce Sadler, Kristy M. Crist
  • Publication number: 20070220018
    Abstract: A generator sequence is defined and used for providing an enhanced user experience and increased user control. A generator sequence is established as a series of user inputs that trigger an output. User inputs to the generator system managing the generator sequence are employed to define a user performance value for a specific point, or position, in the generator sequence. The user performance value is then used to establish a new user point, or position, in the generator sequence. The user inputs and/or the new user generator sequence point are used to identify one or more feedback effects files and/or functions and one or more benefit effects files and/or functions for producing user output. A user can utilize the feedback effects and/or benefit effects to alter their inputs to control the generator sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Phillips, Michel Pahud, Margaret Johnson, Heinz Schuller
  • Publication number: 20040226073
    Abstract: A post-surgical garment to be worn on the body of a human or animal patient. The garment includes at least one front panel and at least one back panel, at least one opening formed along the intersection of the front panel and the back panel, and at least one pocket adjacent the at least one opening. A first portion of a medical device is secured in or on the patient's body, and a second portion of the medical device is stored in a pocket of the garment with an intermediate portion of the device extending through the opening through the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Lisa D. McCullar, Margaret A. Johnson
  • Patent number: D565653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Freed, William A. S. Buxton, Margaret Johnson
  • Patent number: D577720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Freed, William A. S. Buxton, Margaret Johnson, Margaret E. Winsor
  • Patent number: D578117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Freed, William A. S. Buxton, Margaret Johnson, Margaret E. Winsor
  • Patent number: D334483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Inventor: Margaret A. Johnson
  • Patent number: D334490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Inventor: Margaret A. Johnson