Patents by Inventor Brian Donovan Walsh

Brian Donovan Walsh 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).

  • Module-based schedule generation
    Patent number: 11900329
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for generating a schedule for project. Modules are selected from a collection of modules. A module in the collection of modules has a group of milestones. A set of backoffs is selected for a set of the modules. A backoff in the set of modules for the module in the set of modules points to a milestone in another module in the modules. Dates are determined for the milestones based on time periods for the milestones, the set of backoffs, and a reference date for the project to form the schedule for the project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Donovan Walsh, Matthew David Zentner
  • Module-Based Schedule Generation
    Publication number: 20210256482
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for generating a schedule for project. Modules are selected from a collection of modules. A module in the collection of modules has a group of milestones. A set of backoffs is selected for a set of the modules. A backoff in the set of modules for the module in the set of modules points to a milestone in another module in the modules. Dates are determined for the milestones based on time periods for the milestones, the set of backoffs, and a reference date for the project to form the schedule for the project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Donovan Walsh, Matthew David Zentner