Patents by Inventor Richard Dale Dobbins

Richard Dale Dobbins 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: 6704015
    Abstract: A process control management and quality navigation are described which provides an intranet based approach to providing management with run and control charts for more effective tracking and management of quality related processes. The quality navigation system includes intuitive quality navigation. Data which formerly may have been redundantly collected and stored is now centrally stored and made available on a web site. The system automatically links top level indicators to core and sublevel process and quality outcome indicators. To this end, core processes, measures of quality and sources of data are identified. Data is collected and stored in a database. Hierarchical relationships of processes and subprocesses are established. Strengths of relationships of the linkages of processes and subprocesses are identified and stored. Indicators for strengths of relationship are stored and displayed within families of linked charts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: GE Mortgage Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ellen Bovarnick, Richard Dale Dobbins
  • Patent number: 6700575
    Abstract: A system for process control management and quality navigation is described which provides an intranet based approach to providing management with run and control charts for more effective tracking and management of quality related processes. The quality navigation system includes intuitive quality navigation. Data which formerly may have been redundantly collected and stored is now centrally stored and made available on a web site. The system automatically links top level indicators to core and sublevel process and quality outcome indicators. To this end, core processes, measures of quality and sources of data are identified. Data is collected and stored in a database. Hierarchical relationships of processes and subprocesses are established. Strengths of relationships of the linkages of processes and subprocesses are identified and stored. Indicators for strengths of relationship are stored and displayed within families of linked charts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: GE Mortgage Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ellen Bovarnick, Richard Dale Dobbins