Patents by Inventor Chris Stoughton

Chris Stoughton 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).

  • Sustaining a fleet of configuration-controlled assets
    Patent number: 10248914
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products sustain a fleet of configuration-controlled assets. The method involves integrating a plurality of previously separate systems with reusable business transactions associated with managing a fleet of vehicles. The method also involves receiving operational data associated with a vehicle of the fleet, integrating the operational data per customer requirements, packaging and distributing the operational data to the plurality of systems, and installing and distributing the operational data to one or more applications of the plurality of systems utilizing reusable business transactions. The system utilizes a plurality of applications and a plurality of logical subsystems, which are connected to each other through gateways. The logical subsystems use a common format defined by a set of messages. However, the applications can use a plurality of different formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chris Stoughton, Jenny B. Thompson, Peter M. Gould, Alan J. Bacon, Dean C. Hooks, Robert W. White, Barry R. Fox, Janet E. Oakes, Robert M. Beggs, Kim Bonin, Terence M. Burke
  • SUSTAINING A FLEET OF CONFIGURATION-CONTROLLED ASSETS
    Publication number: 20070124189
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products sustain a fleet of configuration-controlled assets. The method involves integrating a plurality of previously separate systems with reusable business transactions associated with managing a fleet of vehicles. The method also involves receiving operational data associated with a vehicle of the fleet, integrating the operational data per customer requirements, packaging and distributing the operational data to the plurality of systems, and installing and distributing the operational data to one or more applications of the plurality of systems utilizing reusable business transactions. The system utilizes a plurality of applications and a plurality of logical subsystems, which are connected to each other through gateways. The logical subsystems use a common format defined by a set of messages. However, the applications can use a plurality of different formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Chris Stoughton, Jenny Thompson, Peter Gould, Alan Bacon, Dean Hooks, Robert White, Barry Fox, Janet Oakes, Robert Beggs, Kim Bonin, Terence Burke