John H Drake

US Patent:

6499657, Dec 31, 2002

Filed:

Aug 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/641354

Inventors:

Petrus Cornelius A. M. van Abeelen - Westport CT
James Peterson - Monroe CT
John H. Drake - Latham NY
Peter R. Walker - Fairfield CT

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Pittsfield MA

International Classification:

G06R 1700

US Classification:

235375, 235385

Abstract:

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for analyzing product delivery to customers. The method includes generating a first level product classification corresponding to a number of products and determining delivery data for the first level product classification. The delivery data includes a span value indicative of delivery error for products in the first level product classification. The first level product classification is divided into at least two, second level product classifications. Each second level product classification corresponds to a subset of the first level product classification. Delivery data is determined for each of the second level product classifications. The delivery data includes a span value indicative of delivery error for products in the second level product classifications. Other embodiments of the invention include a system and storage medium for implementing the method.

US Patent:

6530518, Mar 11, 2003

Filed:

May 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/575304

Inventors:

Philip Krichilsky - Charlotte NC
Gil Garnsey - Averill Park NY
Stephen J. Meyer - Albany NY
John H. Drake - Latham NY

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Pittsfield MA

International Classification:

G06F 1700

US Classification:

235375, 707 10

Abstract:

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for providing information on product delivery in a system having a user system coupled to a host system through a network and a database coupled to the host system. The method includes receiving at the host system a request from a user system for a product delivery report. Order data from the database is obtained in response to the request and a product delivery report is generated in response to the order data. The order data includes a requested delivery date for at least one order and the product delivery report contains a span value for one or more orders. The span value is determined in response to the requested delivery date. The product delivery report is provided to the user system. Further embodiments include a system and storage medium for implementing the method.

US Patent:

51094835, Apr 28, 1992

Filed:

Jun 15, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/062280

Inventors:

Alan E. Baratz - Chappaqua NY
John E. Drake - Pittsboro NC
George A. Grover - Mahopac NY
James P. Gray - Chapel Hill NC
Melinda R. Pollard - Raleigh NC
Diane P. Pozefsky - Chapel Hill NC
Lee M. Rafalow - Durham NC

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1300
G06F 1516

US Classification:

395200

Abstract:

Enhanced type 2. 1 nodes for SNA networks provide network routing of information between non-adjacent network nodes and program-to-program linkage across the network. These nodes are called "advanced peer to peer networking" (abbreviated APPN) nodes. Network state information, describing the topology and resources of the network is disseminated betweeen APPN nodes by a first data link control exchange of identification (XID) information indicating node type (and thereby distinguishing APPN nodes from other nodes) and other exchanges conducted over a newly defined control point to control point (abbreviated CP--CP) session having a message architecture unique to APPN type nodes. The XID exchange is conducted whenever a link between nodes is activated, and when the exchanging nodes are both APPN, and if both are available to participate in as CP--CP session, they automatically engage in a second exchange of session binding signals which establish a pair of sessions between the nodes. By internal conventions, the node components which use the session pair for exchanging their network state information adapt the sessions to be used in simplex modes with one session flowing from one node to the other and the other flowing in reverse from the other node to the one node. Within these sessions, for the sake of efficiency, communications are not directly acknowledged.