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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8060263 | System and method for forecasting the composition of an outbound train in a switchyard A system for forecasting the outbound workload in a switchyard. The system has a processing entity for which receives information on railcar traffic for handling by the switchyard, wherein the railcar traffic includes railcars that are yet to be switched into classi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055397 | System and method for computing rail car switching sequence in a switchyard As embodied and broadly described herein the invention includes a system for computing a preferred sequence in which cars in a switching queue of a railway switchyard are to be sequentially switched to classification tracks. The system has a processing entity for de... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8019497 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions using dynamic classification track allocation A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7983806 | System and method for computing car switching solutions in a switchyard using car ETA as a factor A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7885736 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for block pull time A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7831342 | System and method for computing railcar switching solutions in a switchyard using empty car substitution logic A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818101 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard using an iterative method A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814028 | System and method for providing a price quotation for a transportation service based on equipment ownership A method and system for computing the price of a railway transportation service for the shipping goods is provided. A computer delivers first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information about a rail route for shipment of goods by on... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7792762 | System and method for providing a price quotation for a transportation service providing route selection capability A method and system for computing the price of a railway transportation service for the shipping goods is provided. A computer delivers first information to a user prompting the user to enter information about a rail transportation service including an origin and a ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792616 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for block size A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7751952 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for arrival rate A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747362 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions by assessing space availability in a classification track on the basis of block pull time A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742849 | System and method for computing car switching solutions in a switchyard using car ETA as a factor A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742848 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for block pull time A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7680674 | System and method for providing a price quotation for a transportation service having promotional event notification capabilities A method and system for providing a price quotation information for shipping goods by rail. A computer delivers first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer a parameter, the parameter specifying a given characteristic of a transportation s... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7657348 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions using dynamic classification track allocation A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7596433 | System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard with partially occupied classification track selection logic A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7565228 | System and method for computing railcar switching solutions in a switchyard using empty car substitution logic A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7546185 | System and method for computing railcar switching solutions using an available space search logic assigning different orders of preference to classification tracks A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539650 | System and method for providing a price quotation for a transportation service providing equipment selection capability A method and system for computing the price for shipping goods. The method includes causing a computer to deliver first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information about a rail transportation service for shipment of goods by one or ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7457691 | Method and system for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard based on expected switching time A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departur... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7363234 | System and method for providing a price quotation for a transportation service based on equipment ownership A method and system for computing the price of a railway transportation service for the shipping goods is provided. A computer delivers first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information about a rail route for shipment of goods by on... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343300 | System and method for providing a price quotation for a hybrid transportation service A method and system for computing the price for the transportation of goods on a route are provided where the route has at a first segment and a second segment adjacent the first segment. The goods are transported on the first segment by a mode of transportation oth... | 03/11/2008 |
