Patents by Inventor Robert Goings

Robert Goings 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).

  • Downstream error handling in manufacturing systems
    Publication number: 20070097409
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for handling an error that occurs during processing of a job in a manufacturing system are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for determining a first location in the job where a first subsystem of the manufacturing system is currently processing, identifying a second location in the job where a second subsystem of the manufacturing system completed processing before the error occurred at the second subsystem, the second subsystem being connected in series to and downstream from the first subsystem, and providing a controller-generated repositioning instruction for the first subsystem based on the first location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Goings, Dwight Palmer, Rodney Sherwood