Patents by Inventor Jon Tsai

Jon Tsai 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).

  • Collaborative CAx updates
    Patent number: 9875311
    Abstract: A method, executed by at least one processor, may include storing, within a set of memory locations within a storage medium, data for a feature of an engineering object in a first client format and a collaborative server format that is different than the first client format, the first client format corresponding to a first CAx application operable by a first user, the collaborative server format corresponding to a collaborative server. The method may also include updating the data for the feature in both the first client format and the collaborative server format in response to receiving an update to the feature from, or detecting an update to the feature by, the first CAx application or the collaborative server. A corresponding system and computer readable medium are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Kelly Eric Bowman, Joshua Coburn, Jon Tsai, Robert Freeman, Charles Greg Jensen
  • COLLABORATIVE CAX UPDATES
    Publication number: 20160021183
    Abstract: A method, executed by at least one processor, may include storing, within a set of memory locations within a storage medium, data for a feature of an engineering object in a first client format and a collaborative server format that is different than the first client format, the first client format corresponding to a first CAx application operable by a first user, the collaborative server format corresponding to a collaborative server. The method may also include updating the data for the feature in both the first client format and the collaborative server format in response to receiving an update to the feature from, or detecting an update to the feature by, the first CAx application or the collaborative server. A corresponding system and computer readable medium are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kelly Eric Bowman, Joshua Coburn, Jon Tsai, Robert Freeman, Charles Greg Jensen