Charles Hsien Chao, 7620886 Missionary Ridge St, Walnut, CA 91789

7930051, Apr 19, 2011

Apr 23, 2008

12/108407

David B. Adair - Huntington Beach CA, US
James V. Burrell - Denver CO, US
Charles Chao - Bellflower CA, US
Mohan K. Gupta - Torrance CA, US
Melissa Hirota - Long Beach CA, US
Patrick Jaillet - Lexington MA, US
Lalit Jain - Cerritos CA, US
John Kealoha, III - Long Beach CA, US
Ryan K. Kita - Irvine CA, US
Quang N. Mai - Huntington Beach CA, US
Dirk Niemeyer - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Nirod Samal - Costa Mesa CA, US
Chung Wang - Hacienda Heights CA, US
Flora F. Wang - Cerritos CA, US
Andrea L. Whobrey - Torrance CA, US

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

G06F 19/00
G06F 15/02
G06F 17/50
G06F 9/46
G06F 9/44
G05B 19/418
G06Q 10/00
A01K 5/02

700100, 700 95, 700 96, 700 97, 700 99, 700101, 705 7, 705 8, 705 9, 705 28, 705 29

A method and system for allowing a vehicle dealer and manufacturer to match dealer orders and manufacturing plant shipments easily and equitably are disclosed. The method significantly decreases processing time, saving valuable time, money, and manpower resources. An automated linear expression calculation for determining and balancing vehicle allocation allows for equitable balancing of manufacturing plant orders and efficient optimization. The linear expression calculation may be performed in an iterative series of steps. The linear expression calculation handles a plurality of attribute features, thereby accommodating a plurality of dealer requests and vehicle options. The linear expression calculation creates a matrix representing the plurality of attribute features, and with each iteration the values within the matrix are refined and optimized, with the resulting matrix representing an optimized and balanced allocation of manufacturing plant production orders among a plurality of manufacturing plants.

7376477, May 20, 2008

Dec 20, 2001

10/036966

Dave B. Adair - Huntington Beach CA, US
James V. Burrell - Denver CO, US
Charles Chao - Bellflower CA, US
Mohan K. Gupta - Torrance CA, US
Melissa Hirota - Long Beach CA, US
Patrick Jaillet - Lexington MA, US
Lalit Jain - Cerritos CA, US
John Kealoha, III - Long Beach CA, US
Ryan K. Kita - Irvine CA, US
Quang N. Mai - Huntington Beach CA, US
Dirk Niemeyer - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Nirod N. Samal - Costa Mesa CA, US
Chung Wang - Hacienda Heights CA, US
Flora F. Wang - Cerritos CA, US
Andrea L. Whobrey - Torrance CA, US

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 90/00
G06F 17/50

700 95, 705 7, 705 8, 705 28, 705 29, 700 97, 700 99

A method and system for allowing a vehicle dealer and manufacturer to match dealer orders and manufacturing plant shipments easily and equitably are disclosed. The method significantly decreases processing time, saving valuable time, money, and manpower resources. An automated linear expression calculation for determining and balancing vehicle allocation allows for equitable balancing of manufacturing plant orders and efficient optimization. The linear expression calculation may be performed in an iterative series of steps. The linear expression calculation handles a plurality of attribute features, thereby accommodating a plurality of dealer requests and vehicle options. The linear expression calculation creates a matrix representing the plurality of attribute features, and with each iteration the values within the matrix are refined and optimized, with the resulting matrix representing an optimized and balanced allocation of manufacturing plant production orders among a plurality of manufacturing plants.