Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Paul Chapple

Jeffrey Paul Chapple has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Determining comprehensibility of a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment
    Patent number: 10896373
    Abstract: In an embodiment, degree of comprehensibility of a graphical representation of a model is identified. The model is provided in a graphical modeling environment. The degree of comprehensibility of the graphical representation of model is identified based at least in part on one or more visual characteristics of one or more elements in the model. The one or more elements in the model include at least one of entities in the model, or relationships in the model. The degree of comprehensibility assigned to the model is communicated, for example, to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave Aaron Forstot, Gregory Thomas Wolff, Jeffrey Paul Chapple
  • Determining comprehensibility of a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment
    Patent number: 8572504
    Abstract: In an embodiment, degree of comprehensibility of a graphical representation of a model is identified. The model is provided in a graphical modeling environment. The degree of comprehensibility of the graphical representation of model is identified based at least in part on one or more visual characteristics of one or more elements in the model. The one or more elements in the model include at least one of entities in the model, or relationships in the model. The degree of comprehensibility assigned to the model is communicated, for example, to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave Aaron Forstot, Gregory Thomas Wolff, Jeffrey Paul Chapple