Patents by Inventor Steven Graves

Steven Graves 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: 20060235557
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Embodiments of the invention can provide some or all of the following: improved systems and methods for determining an optimal lot size, improved systems and methods for determining optimal WIP levels, improved systems and methods for an inventory advisor module, improved systems and methods for integrating functionality of a lot sizer and WIP module and an inventory module, improved systems and methods for implementing multi-echelon inventory analysis, and improved systems and methods for partitioning planning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Knight, Donald Rosenfield, Steven Graves, Otis Jennings, John Bishop, Sichong Guan, Brian Sulka, Leon McGinnis, Patrick McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20060021437
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for concentrating analytes within a fluid flowing through a tube using acoustic radiation pressure. The apparatus includes a function generator that outputs a radio frequency electrical signal to a transducer that transforms the radio frequency electric signal to an acoustic signal and couples the acoustic signal to the tube. The acoustic signal is converted within the tube to acoustic pressure that concentrates the analytes within the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Kaduchak, Greg Goddard, Gary Salzman, Dipen Sinha, John Martin, Christopher Kwiatkowski, Steven Graves
  • Publication number: 20040153187
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing inventory of different types of items in a supply chain. One aspect of the invention focuses on a method for managing inventory of similar items in a supply chain. The method includes determining a flow path for items in a supply chain, wherein the flow path comprises at least one operation. The method also includes receiving inventory data for items at each operation; storing the inventory data; determining a demand factor for the items; and determining a cost factor for the items. The method further includes based in part on the demand factor and the cost factor, determining an exchange curve for the items; and displaying a portion of the inventory data for the items and the exchange curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Knight, Don Rosenfield, Otis Jennings, Steven Graves, Ian Greenberg, John Bishop
  • Patent number: 5946472
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a system for providing high-speed sequential modeling in a simulator or emulator environment is provided. The system includes a sequential control system (microprocessor board) which is attached directly to an emulator. The sequential control system cycles or operates at a higher speed than the emulator. This allows the sequential control system to execute multiple commands during each hardware emulation cycle so that the concurrent operations model within the accelerator/emulator and the sequential operations model within the sequential control system achieve a high degree of parallel operation, greatly enhancing system speed and performance. Further, the system includes direct high-speed connections between the sequential control system and the host workstation so that the control system can be programmed to execute a sequential model and/or to exchange data directly with the host without actually passing any information through the hardware emulator/accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Graves, Roy Glenn Musselman, Jeffrey Joseph Ruedinger