Patents by Inventor Tze-Yun Lin

Tze-Yun Lin 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).

  • Optimized bill of work for aircraft maintenance based on task prioritization and time slot proximity analysis
    Patent number: 8849690
    Abstract: A system and method for aircraft maintenance planning according to which an optimized bill of work is generated for a line maintenance station at which one or more airplanes are parked or are expected to be parked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: American Airlines, Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Hsia Yang, Pengcheng Zhang, Mei Zhang, Nancy Lee Lillo, Arunprakash Dhanabal, Tze-Yun Lin
  • Quantifying revenue and profit impact of retiming flights while taking into consideration non-linear ramifications and constraints
    Patent number: 7725337
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for efficiently quantifying the economic impact of retiming flights without the necessity of implementing the traditional airline forecasting system from scratch. A forecast module computes the difference in impact prior to and after the retiming of a flight. A flight grouping module, using the computed difference in impact, generates a new schedule, which is used by the forecast module to generate new changes in impact, until the schedule converges. A flyable module generates a list of retimed flights based on the converged schedule for resolving operational infeasibilities of the latter. The forecast module generates a profit for each of the retimed flights, which is used by a scheduling module to improve the schedule, which is used by the forecast module to revise the economic impacts for the list of all retimed flights. This process continues until no further economic improvement can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: American Airlines, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Wai Yin Chu, Su-Hsia Yang, Tze-Yun Lin, Atul Jain
  • Quantifying Revenue and Profit Impact of Retiming Flights While Taking Into Consideration Non-Linear Ramifications and Constraints
    Publication number: 20090157438
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for efficiently quantifying the economic impact of retiming flights without the necessity of implementing the traditional airline forecasting system from scratch. A forecast module computes the difference in impact prior to and after the retiming of a flight. A flight grouping module, using the computed difference in impact, generates a new schedule, which is used by the forecast module to generate new changes in impact, until the schedule converges. A flyable module generates a list of retimed flights based on the converged schedule for resolving operational infeasibilities of the latter. The forecast module generates a profit for each of the retimed flights, which is used by a scheduling module to improve the schedule, which is used by the forecast module to revise the economic impacts for the list of all retimed flights. This process continues until no further economic improvement can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: American Airlines, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Wai Yin Chu, Su-Hsia Yang, Tze-Yun Lin, Atul Jain