Patents by Inventor Don Michael Gibson

Don Michael Gibson 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 for managing a hierarchical design transaction
    Patent number: 5678040
    Abstract: A hierarchical design transaction method which provides a shared project workspace and an individual user workspace. A desired portion of a hierarchical design is checked out from the shared project workspace and is edited in the individual user workspace. A new version of the desired portion of the hierarchical design is checked into the shared project workspace. Concurrently, another individual user workspace is provided, and another desired portion of the hierarchical design is checked out, edited and checked in. These steps are repeated for each of a plurality of desired portions of the hierarchical design, to continuously guarantee consistency between the shared project workspace and each individual user workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Venu Vasudevan, Dhiraj Kumar Gossain, Dana Mark Rigg, Don Michael Gibson, Tron Kyle Womack