Patents by Inventor Rick Buckman

Rick Buckman 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 vendor components, kits, and logistics based on construction drawings
    Patent number: 11836676
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide a server that receives a drawing. The server matches assembly types to elements in the drawing and inserts a symbol overlay into the drawing. The symbol overlay includes metadata identifying the assembly types in the drawing. The assembly types are matched to assemblies, including kits, based on user-identified criteria, such as vendor and building codes. The system can then determine logistics for delivering the kits, automatically staggering shipment where dictated by build order of the kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: EVOLVE MEP, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Burroughs, Clay Smith, Rick Buckman, Fausto Mendez
  • Managing custom computer-aided design inheritance-based assembly families for manufacturing
    Patent number: 11544420
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide a plugin to REVIT or a similar program that allows for utilizing nested families for related parts and assemblies. Assembly families can include an inheritance tree where an instance of a host family implements child and sub-child families. The child and sub-child families can inherit parameters from the host family. To manage parameter values associated with the nested structure, the plugin can provide a custom dialog that acts as a middle layer between the user and the parameter settings of the computer-aided design program. The custom dialog can associate user selections with permissible values for parameters related to the host family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: EVOLVE MEP, LLC
    Inventors: Rick Buckman, Fausto Mendez
  • Managing Custom REVIT Inheritance-Based Assembly Families for Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20190295570
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide a plugin to REVIT or a similar program that allows for utilizing nested families for related parts and assemblies. Assembly families can include an inheritance tree where an instance of a host family implements child and sub-child families. The child and sub-child families can inherit parameters from the host family. To manage parameter values associated with the nested structure, the plugin can provide a custom dialog that acts as a middle layer between the user and the parameter settings of the computer-aided design program. The custom dialog can associate user selections with permissible values for parameters related to the host family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Rick Buckman, Fausto Mendez
  • Managing custom REVIT inheritance-based assembly families for manufacturing
    Patent number: 10318661
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide a plugin to REVIT or a similar program that allows for utilizing nested families for related parts and assemblies. Assembly families can include an inheritance tree where an instance of a host family implements child and sub-child families. The child and sub-child families can inherit parameters from the host family. To manage parameter values associated with the nested structure, the plugin can provide a custom dialog that acts as a middle layer between the user and the parameter settings of the computer-aided design program. The custom dialog can associate user selections with permissible values for parameters related to the host family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Applied Software Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Buckman, Fausto Mendez
  • DETERMINING VENDOR COMPONENTS, KITS, AND LOGISTICS BASED ON CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
    Publication number: 20190043014
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide a server that receives a drawing. The server matches assembly types to elements in the drawing and inserts a symbol overlay into the drawing. The symbol overlay includes metadata identifying the assembly types in the drawing. The assembly types are matched to assemblies, including kits, based on user-identified criteria, such as vendor and building codes. The system can then determine logistics for delivering the kits, automatically staggering shipment where dictated by build order of the kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Burroughs, Clay Smith, Rick Buckman, Fausto Mendez
  • Managing Custom REVIT Inheritance-Based Assembly Families for Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20180032649
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide a plugin to REVIT or a similar program that allows for utilizing nested families for related parts and assemblies. Assembly families can include an inheritance tree where an instance of a host family implements child and sub-child families. The child and sub-child families can inherit parameters from the host family. To manage parameter values associated with the nested structure, the plugin can provide a custom dialog that acts as a middle layer between the user and the parameter settings of the computer-aided design program. The custom dialog can associate user selections with permissible values for parameters related to the host family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Rick Buckman, Fausto Mendez