Christopher W Cunningham

US Patent:

20150170244, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Nov 13, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/540190

Inventors:

Samuel J. Comstock - Kirkland WA, US
Gregory Gaskill Dent - Seattle WA, US
Jianming Zhang - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Cunningham - Seattle WA, US
Marcus van Kempen - Sint-Huibrechts-Lille, BE

Assignee:

Reischling Press, Inc. - Tukwila WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for multi-vendor printing including maintaining a data store that includes information about service level agreements with partner systems, wherein a partner system enables customers to order a plurality of customized print products, and wherein a service level agreement designates maximum delays for manufacturing customer print orders, and characteristics of print vendors, receiving a customer print order from one of the partner systems, the print order specifying a customized print product, determining a latest ship date for the customized print product, selecting one of the print vendors to manufacture the customized print product, and receiving updates from the selected print vendor and relaying the received updates to the partner system that issued the customer print order.

US Patent:

20140108188, Apr 17, 2014

Filed:

Dec 18, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/132545

Inventors:

Samuel J. Comstock - Kirkland WA, US
Gregory Gaskill Dent - Seatle WA, US
Jianming Zhang - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Cunningham - Seattle WA, US
Marcus van Kempen - Belgium, NL

Assignee:

Reischling Press, Inc. - Tukwila WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06
G06F 3/12
G06Q 10/08

US Classification:

705 265

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for multi-vendor printing including maintaining a data store that includes information about service level agreements with partner systems, wherein a partner system enables customers to order a plurality of customized print products, and wherein a service level agreement designates maximum delays for manufacturing customer print orders, and characteristics of print vendors, receiving a customer print order from one of the partner systems, the print order specifying a customized print product, determining a latest ship date for the customized print product, selecting one of the print vendors to manufacture the customized print product, and receiving updates from the selected print vendor and relaying the received updates to the partner system that issued the customer print order.