Patents by Inventor William J. Lohan

William J. Lohan 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).

  • Transport Logistics Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20120036072
    Abstract: A logistics system manages the shipments of goods supplied from a plurality of different shippers by a plurality of carriers. It has a variety of modules integrated with each other to perform various functionalities. For example, it may have a purchasing module evaluating proposals by shippers for respective shipments of goods and awarding contracts for the shipments to the plurality of carriers. It may have an optimization module analyzing the proposals and informing the purchasing module if an opportunity exists for at least some of the shipments to be consolidated, in which case at least one contract awarded by the purchasing module is for a consolidated group of the shipments. It may have a contract administration module maintaining information relating to the status of proposals received and contracts awarded by the purchasing module. It may have a scheduling module scheduling shipments according to the awarded contracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Glenn E. Riggs, John H. Kivela, Robert H. Shellman, Joseph F. Rocky, JR., Stanley M. Bainor, Ralph K. Brechter, Douglas L. Clark, James R. Clark, Jon L. Clow, Amy Daley, Larry Hu, Louis F. Indelicato, William J. Lohan, Michael M. Naughton, Peter P. Nelson, Alan D. Shollenberger, M. Nadine Willett, Doug Johnston, Donald H. Mueller, Michael D. Michaud, Robert Phaneuf, Joseph J. Bainor
  • Transport logistics systems and methods
    Patent number: 6915268
    Abstract: A logistics system manages the shipments of goods supplied from a plurality of different shippers by a plurality of carriers. It has a variety of modules integrated with each other to perform various functionalities. For example, it may have a purchasing module evaluating proposals by shippers for respective shipments of goods and awarding contracts for the shipments to the plurality of carriers. It may have an optimization module analyzing the proposals and informing the purchasing module if an opportunity exists for at least some of the shipments to be consolidated, in which case at least one contract awarded by the purchasing module is for a consolidated group of the shipments. It may have a contract administration module maintaining information relating to the status of proposals received and contracts awarded by the purchasing module. It may have a scheduling module scheduling shipments according to the awarded contracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn E. Riggs, John H. Kivela, Robert H. Shellman, Joseph F. Rocky, Jr., Stanley M. Bainor, Ralph K. Brechter, Douglas L. Clark, James R. Clark, Jon L. Clow, Amy Daley, Larry Hu, Louis F. Indelicato, William J. Lohan, Michael M. Naughton, Peter P. Nelson, Alan D. Shollenberger, M. Nadine Willett, Doug Johnston, Donald H. Mueller, Michael D. Michaud, Robert Phaneuf, Joseph J. Bainor
  • Transport logistics systems and methods
    Publication number: 20020065738
    Abstract: A logistics system manages the shipments of goods supplied from a plurality of different shippers by a plurality of carriers. It has a variety of modules integrated with each other to perform various functionalities. For example, it may have a purchasing module evaluating proposals by shippers for respective shipments of goods and awarding contracts for the shipments to the plurality of carriers. It may have an optimization module analyzing the proposals and informing the purchasing module if an opportunity exists for at least some of the shipments to be consolidated, in which case at least one contract awarded by the purchasing module is for a consolidated group of the shipments. It may have a contract administration module maintaining information relating to the status of proposals received and contracts awarded by the purchasing module. It may have a scheduling module scheduling shipments according to the awarded contracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Glenn E. Riggs, John H. Kivela, Robert H. Shellman, Joseph F. Rocky, Stanley M. Bainor, Ralph K. Brechter, Douglas L. Clark, James R. Clark, Jon L. Clow, Amy Daley, Larry Hu, Louis F. Indelicato, William J. Lohan, Michael M. Naughton, Peter P. Nelson, Alan D. Shollenberger, M. Nadine. Willett, Doug Johnston, Donald H. Mueller, Michael D. Michaud, Robert Phaneuf, Joseph J. Bainor