Patents by Inventor Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn

Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn 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, method and computer program product for contract consistency in a supply chain management framework
    Patent number: 7039606
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for handling contracts in a supply chain management framework. One of a plurality of contracts is selected. The selected contract template is transmitted to a supply chain participant. Data is received from supply chain participants utilizing a network. This data relates to the sale of products by the supply chain participants. The contract templates are then enforced in accordance with the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Restaurant Services, Inc.
    Inventors: George Harry Hoffman, Debra Gayle Reece, Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn, Michael James Burk, Edward Arthur Greene
  • System, method and computer program product for contract consistency in a supply chain management framework
    Publication number: 20030083918
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for handling contracts in a supply chain management framework. One of a plurality of contracts is selected. The selected contract template is transmitted to a supply chain participant. Data is received from supply chain participants utilizing a network. This data relates to the sale of products by the supply chain participants. The contract templates are then enforced in accordance with the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Restaurant Services, Inc.
    Inventors: George Harry Hoffman, Debra Gayle Reece, Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn, Michael James Burk, Edward Arthur Greene
  • System, method and computer program product for a secure supply chain management framework
    Publication number: 20030074355
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for a secure supply chain management framework. A plurality of users including suppliers, distributors, and stores of a supply chain are registered utilizing a network. The registered users are maintained on a list. Data from a plurality of stores of the supply chain is collected utilizing the network. The list is updated to add, edit, and delete the users utilizing the network. When a request (which includes an identifier) for access to the data is received utilizing the network, the identifier is compared against the list and a network-based interface is displayed for allowing access to the data upon the successful comparison of the identifier against the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Restaurant Services, Inc. ("RSI").
    Inventors: Anthony Frank Menninger, Debra Gayle Reece, Daniel Sechrist, Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn
  • System, method and computer program product for updating store information in a supply chain management framework
    Publication number: 20030050867
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for updating information in a supply chain management framework. A plurality of stores of a supply chain are registered utilizing a network. The registration includes receiving first identification information. Data is collected from a plurality of stores of the supply chain utilizing the network. This data relates to the sale of goods by the stores and includes second identification information more recent than the first identification information. Access to the data is allowed utilizing a network-based interface so that the first identification information can be compared with the second identification information in order to allow for the updating of the registration of the stores based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: RSI
    Inventors: Anthony Frank Menninger, Debra Gayle Reece, Daniel Sechrist, Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn
  • System, method and computer program product for benchmarking in a supply chain management framework
    Publication number: 20030018513
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for benchmarking in a supply chain utilizing a network. Benchmark data that relates to sales of products by outlets in a supply chain is collected utilizing a supply chain management framework. The benchmark data is the categorized based on characteristics of the outlets. Next, the benchmark data of each of the outlets is compared. This comparison is then fed back to the outlets utilizing the supply chain management framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: George Harry Hoffman, Michael James Burk, Anthony Frank Menninger, Martha Helen Tomas-Flynn, Debra Gayle Reece