Patents by Inventor Andrew Noel Baldwin

Andrew Noel Baldwin 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).

  • Apparatus and dependency structure matrix for assisting in optimization of a complex, hierarchical data structure
    Patent number: 8560574
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assisting in the optimization of a complex, hierarchical data structure, such as a process flow model, comprising a plurality of elements such as tasks to be carried out, each element having data dependency upon other elements within the hierarchy. The apparatus includes a database for maintaining a data set incorporating a plurality of dependency structure matrices, each dependency structure matrix corresponding to one hierarchical level in the data set; display means for displaying, to the user, a representation of said dependency structure matrices; user input means for effecting the change of a data dependency of a selected element at a selected level in said hierarchy; and data manipulation means for effecting consequential changes in the data set representing said changes in dependency of elements throughout the hierarchical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Loughborough University Innovations, Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Anthony Austin, Paul Richard Waskett, Andrew Noel Baldwin, John Leslie Steele
  • Method and apparatus for analytical problem solving
    Publication number: 20040034662
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assisting in the optimisation of a complex, hierarchical data structure, such as a process flow model, comprising a plurality of elements such as tasks to be carried out, each element having data dependency upon other elements within the hierarchy. The apparatus includes a database for maintaining a data set incorporating a plurality of deed structure matrices, to one hierarchical level in the data set; display means for displaying, to the user, a representation of said dependency structure matrices; user input means for effecting the change of a data dependency of a selected element at a selected level in said hierarchy; and data manipulation means for effecting consequential changes in the data set representing said changes in dependency of elements throughout the hierarchical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Simon Anthony Austin, Paul Richard Waskett, Andrew Noel Baldwin, John Leslie Steele