Patents by Inventor Peter Soutter

Peter Soutter 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).

  • Publication number: 20150339595
    Abstract: A method and a system for balancing rental fleet of movable assets are provided. In one aspect, the method is executed by a processor and comprises receiving, at a booking time, a booking request for an asset, the booking request including a pickup location and a pickup time; in response to the booking request, calculating a predicted quantity of assets at the pickup location and the pickup time based at least in part on current asset location information and future booking data, and calculating a target quantity of assets at the pickup location and the pickup time based on past booking data; calculating a discount parameter in accordance with said predicted quantity of assets and said target quantity of assets; and generating a booking price in accordance with the discount parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Soutter, Simon Wilson