Patents by Inventor Christine M. Bonney

Christine M. Bonney 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).

  • Method and apparatus for hierarchical drawing sheet management
    Patent number: 6466953
    Abstract: The invention includes computer instructions that receive an indication of a manipulation of one or more graphical icons by a user, where the graphical icons are interrelated to one another representing a hierarchical relationship among multiple objects of one or more sheets, and the sheets are included within a drawing by a computer aided design (CAD) application program. The computer instructions operate to automatically modify at least sheet order information included within the objects of the one or more sheets reflecting the hierarchical relationship among the multiple objects of one or more sheets based, at least in part, upon the received indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine M. Bonney, William E. Bogan