Patents by Inventor Conor Peter Beverland

Conor Peter Beverland 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 a computer simulated environment
    Patent number: 8239775
    Abstract: This invention relates to a computer simulated environment, such as a virtual world, and to the identification of a user entering the virtual world and user context in the virtual world model. An output of the virtual world model may be rendered using objects in the virtual world model. Previous versions of the rendered objects may then be located in associated user memory and specified differences between the rendered objects and the previous versions of the objects may be identified. A layer of the identified differences may then be rendered on the rendered output of the virtual world model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Conor Peter Beverland, Christopher Edward Sharp, Matthew Whitbourne
  • LINKING UML ACTIVITY DIAGRAM NODES TO UML CLASS DIAGRAM NODES BY USING PROPERTIES FROM APPLIED STEREOTYPES
    Publication number: 20100023922
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for associating an UML activity diagram with an UML class diagram. The method may comprise applying stereotypes to nodes in the UML activity diagram; specifying properties for the stereotypes, the properties may include information for linking nodes in activity diagram to role names in the class diagram; providing a mapping between nodes in the activity diagram and relationship objects in the class diagram based on the properties; and associating the activity diagram with the class diagram utilizing the mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Limburn, Conor Peter Beverland, Iain Peter Duncan, Christopher Haragan
  • Method and Apparatus for a Computer Simulated Environment
    Publication number: 20090158174
    Abstract: This invention relates to a computer simulated environment, such as a virtual world, and to the identification of a user entering the virtual world and user context in the virtual world model. An output of the virtual world model may be rendered using objects in the virtual world model. Previous versions of the rendered objects may then be located in associated user memory and specified differences between the rendered objects and the previous versions of the objects may be identified. A layer of the identified differences may then be rendered on the rendered output of the virtual world model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Conor Peter Beverland, Christopher Edward Sharp, Matthew Whitbourne