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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Philip Krichilsky, Charlotte, NC (US);
Gil Garnsey, Averill Park, NY (US);
Stephen J. Meyer, Albany, NY (US);
John H. Drake, Latham, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
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.