Patents by Inventor Rory J. Graham

Rory J. Graham 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: 20230334398
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provide long term scheduling at a plurality of retail stores including storing a forecasted data over at least eight weekly scheduling periods; determining based on the forecasted data a first baseline hours demand value for each day of a week for each job function of a first set of job functions at a particular retail store; determining based on the forecasted data a second baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a second set of job functions at the particular retail store; automatically generating a plurality of fixed schedules for a set of task resources at each of the plurality of retail stores; automatically instructing a user electronic device to display a notification indicating that a first fixed schedule associated with a first task resource is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Rory J. Graham, Everett R. Campbell, Brandon L. Gardner, Lara N. Shock, Craig W.J. Hamilton, Othman Boudhoum, Adohree Teague, Kurt W.R. Bessel
  • Patent number: 11727332
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provide long term scheduling at a plurality of retail stores including storing a forecasted data over at least eight weekly scheduling periods; determining based on the forecasted data a first baseline hours demand value for each day of a week for each job function of a first set of job functions at a particular retail store; determining based on the forecasted data a second baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a second set of job functions at the particular retail store; based on the first and second baseline hours demand values, automatically generating a plurality of fixed schedules for a set of task resources at each of the plurality of retail stores; accessing a first fixed schedule associated with the first task resource; and displaying the first fixed schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Rory J. Graham, Everett R. Campbell, Brandon L. Gardner, Lara N. Shock, Craig W. J. Hamilton, Othman Boudhoum, Adohree Teague, Kurt W. R. Bessel
  • Publication number: 20220051158
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provide long term scheduling at a plurality of retail stores including storing a forecasted data over at least eight weekly scheduling periods; determining based on the forecasted data a first baseline hours demand value for each day of a week for each job function of a first set of job functions at a particular retail store; determining based on the forecasted data a second baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a second set of job functions at the particular retail store; based on the first and second baseline hours demand values, automatically generating a plurality of fixed schedules for a set of task resources at each of the plurality of retail stores; accessing a first fixed schedule associated with the first task resource; and displaying the first fixed schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Rory J. Graham, Everett R. Campbell, Brandon L. Gardner, Lara N. Shock, Craig W.J. Hamilton, Othman Boudhoum, Adohree Teague, Kurt W.R. Bessel
  • Publication number: 20200097878
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provide long term scheduling at a plurality of retail stores including storing a forecasted data over at least eight weekly scheduling periods; first transforming based on the forecasted data into a first baseline hours demand value for each day of a week for each job function of a first set of job functions at a particular retail store; second transforming based on the forecasted data into a second baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a second set of job functions at the particular retail store; based on the first and second baseline hours demand values, generating a plurality of fixed schedules for a set of task resources at each of the plurality of retail stores; accessing a first fixed schedule associated with the first task resource; and displaying the first fixed schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Rory J. Graham, Everett R. Campbell, Brandon L. Gardner, Lara N. Shock, Craig W.J. Hamilton, Othman Boudhoum, Adohree Teague, Kurt W.R. Bessel