Mark A Lane

US Patent:

7127412, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Jun 7, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/327228

Inventors:

G. Edward Powell - Austin TX, US
Mark T. Lane - Franklin TN, US
Runar Indseth - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Pointserve, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/60

US Classification:

705 9

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for allocating appointment time windows. The steps of this method include creating a statistical estimate of a daily schedule comprising a series of estimated service orders. An actual service order is then received. This actual service order is inserted into the daily schedule by using a set of scheduling instructions for determining the least cost to employ the available service resources. At this point, this actual service order does not have a system imposed time window. The set of scheduling instructions is used to determine a time window surrounding this insertion point. If the customer accepts this time window, then the closest estimated service order is replaced by this actual service order, and the daily schedule is recomputed based upon the revised set of service orders to yield a revised daily schedule. This process may be repeated for any number of days or time periods from which the customer may choose the time window best meeting the customer's availability.

US Patent:

8571912, Oct 29, 2013

Filed:

Oct 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/584650

Inventors:

G. Edward Powell - Austin TX, US
Mark T. Lane - Franklin TN, US
Runar Indseth - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Pointserve, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 713, 705 714, 705 716

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for allocating appointment time windows. The steps of this method include creating a statistical estimate of a daily schedule comprising a series of estimated service orders. An actual service order is then received. This actual service order is inserted into the daily schedule by using a set of scheduling instructions for determining the least cost to employ the available service resources. At this point, this actual service order does not have a system imposed time window. The set of scheduling instructions is used to determine a time window surrounding this insertion point. If the customer accepts this time window, then the closest estimated service order is replaced by this actual service order, and the daily schedule is recomputed based upon the revised set of service orders to yield a revised daily schedule. This process may be repeated for any number of days or time periods from which the customer may choose the time window best meeting the customer's availability.

US Patent:

20020046073, Apr 18, 2002

Filed:

Sep 22, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/158309

Inventors:

RUNAR INDSETH - AUSTIN TX, US
MARK T. LANE - FRANKLIN TN, US
G. EDWARD POWELL - AUSTIN TX, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/008000

Abstract:

A method for delivering an optimal routing solution that considers the complete operational cost model in the optimization process is provided. The method utilizes heterogeneous service providers to service heterogeneous service points, where the service points are geographically dispersed. The method includes providing a plurality of service point profiles that define parameters associated with a plurality of service points; providing a plurality of service provider profiles, that define parameters associated with a plurality of service providers; providing a service point visit plan for the plurality of service points; and scoring a plurality of routing solutions to service the plurality of service points, utilizing the service point profiles and the service provider profiles. In addition, scoring controls are provided for assigning a cost to, or penalty, either linearly or non-linearly, selected parameters being either met or not met within any possible routing solution. The profiles, visit plan, and scoring controls are provided to a route engine that determines an optimal routing solution according to the scoring model.

US Patent:

20020065700, May 30, 2002

Filed:

Apr 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/294251

Inventors:

G. EDWARD POWELL - AUSTIN TX, US
MARK T. LANE - FRANKLIN TN, US
RUNAR INDSETH - AUSTIN TX, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/009000

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for processing multiple work assignments to a mobile workforce having a plurality of mobile workforce members. The steps of this method include receiving a first work assignment. This work assignment is then examined to determine the type of work assignment, a service assignment or a pooled assignment. If the work assignment is a pooled work assignment, the work assignment is placed within a pooled work assignment queue. Similarly, if the work assignment is a service work assignment, that assignment is placed within a service work assignment queue. The process is iterative and additional work assignments may be received and sorted into the proper queue. A schedule may then be created for each individual work force member according to the assignments within the service queue. These scheduled are examined and periods of availability or slack times are identified. These periods of availability or slack time are then filled with work assignments from the pooled queue.

US Patent:

20120123973, May 17, 2012

Filed:

Nov 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/947147

Inventors:

N. Edward White - Austin TX, US
Mark T. Lane - Franklin TN, US

International Classification:

G06Q 90/00

US Classification:

705500

Abstract:

A method for assigning a relative score to patents within a patent landscape is described, with the objective of being able to compare any two or more patents. A patent is considered seminal if the novelty of the invention is not a product of variations of prior art and spawns a new direction in intellectual property as described by new patents that come later. The method described in this document is one that combines a number of direct and indirect network factors and tempers the method by considering proximity to other patents within the landscape, incestuous citations, and other metric quantities inherent in the patent documents and from publicly available information. The method described is a relativistic model that is generic in that it does not depend on specific success of any individual patent to produce revenue or to fend off exposure to other specified intellectual property.

US Patent:

20120123974, May 17, 2012

Filed:

Feb 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/031576

Inventors:

N. Edward White - Austin TX, US
Mark T. Lane - Franklin TN, US

International Classification:

G06Q 90/00

US Classification:

705500

Abstract:

A method for assigning a relative score to patents within a patent landscape is described, with the objective of being able to compare any two or more patents. A patent is considered seminal if the novelty of the invention is not a product of variations of prior art and spawns a new direction in intellectual property as described by new patents that come later. The method described in this document is one that combines a number of direct and indirect network factors and tempers the method by considering proximity to other patents within the landscape, incestuous citations, and other metric quantities inherent in the patent documents and from publicly available information. The method described is a relativistic model that is generic in that it does not depend on specific success of any individual patent to produce revenue or to fend off exposure to other specified intellectual property.

US Patent:

20120239591, Sep 20, 2012

Filed:

Mar 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/048682

Inventors:

N. Edward White - Austin TX, US
Mark T. Lane - Franklin TN, US

International Classification:

G06Q 40/06

US Classification:

705 36 R

Abstract:

A method for deriving patent market value estimates within a patent landscape utilizing a relative metric score for all patents in the landscape, calibrating said market values by using a percentage of the known market values of patent portfolio owners, for example publicly traded companies with known patent portfolios. This method is based on the premise that the patents owned by said entities contribute to the market values of these entities, and describes a complete end-to-end process for estimating the market values for all patents within a patent landscape. This method also includes a set of steps useful for estimating the amount of revenue some patents may generate.

US Patent:

20180166172, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Feb 8, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/892256

Inventors:

- Lufkin TX, US
Norman E. White - Austin TX, US
Van Marshall - Sunnyvale TX, US
Mark Lane - Franklin TN, US
Brett M. Rader - Round Rock TX, US
Justin Craig Fidone - West Linn OR, US
Michael Williams - The Hills TX, US

Assignee:

Healthcare Value Analytics, LLC - Lufkin TX

International Classification:

G16H 50/20
G16H 10/60

Abstract:

A processor-implemented method for determining and indicating values of medical treatment plans, includes the processor creating value baselines comprising health metric values for approved plans of care; detecting an activity indicating a patient-related event during a visit associated with a patient; generating a health value continuum based on the visit; generating a comparison of the health value continuum to a value baseline; and providing data and instructions to display on a display page, a representation of the health value continuum to value baseline comparison.