Patents by Inventor Carl A. Pearson

Carl A. Pearson 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).

  • User interface for presenting information about a product structure for a product
    Patent number: 9268883
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing variations in a product structure for a product comprising a data manager and a visualizer. The data manager is configured to manage variations in the product structure using a model. The model includes a group of master objects having a primary hierarchical organization and a group of configuration objects having a number of secondary hierarchical organizations. Each secondary hierarchical organization in the number of secondary hierarchical organizations is associated with the primary hierarchical organization and configured to represent a variant of the product. A number of configuration objects in a secondary hierarchical organization represents a number of variations in the product structure for the product. The visualizer is configured to visually present, in a graphical user interface, information for an object selected from one of a master object in the group of master objects and a configuration object in the group of configuration objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sean M. Callahan, Carl A. Pearson, John Terry Monahan
  • User Interface for Presenting Information about a Product Structure for a Product
    Publication number: 20140157194
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing variations in a product structure for a product comprising a data manager and a visualizer. The data manager is configured to manage variations in the product structure using a model. The model includes a group of master objects having a primary hierarchical organization and a group of configuration objects having a number of secondary hierarchical organizations. Each secondary hierarchical organization in the number of secondary hierarchical organizations is associated with the primary hierarchical organization and configured to represent a variant of the product. A number of configuration objects in a secondary hierarchical organization represents a number of variations in the product structure for the product. The visualizer is configured to visually present, in a graphical user interface, information for an object selected from one of a master object in the group of master objects and a configuration object in the group of configuration objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sean M. Callahan, Carl A. Pearson, John Terry Monahan