Patents by Inventor Drew Stovall

Drew Stovall 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).

  • Feature bundles in multistage configuration trees
    Patent number: 10740709
    Abstract: A product line engineering (PLE) multistage configuration tree that supports the engineering, deployment and maintenance of complex product family trees is provided. Feature bundles which combine a group of feature decisions into a single bundled offering are inherited by the children of the node in the product family tree where they are defined. The children see only the smaller collection of bundled offerings rather than all the possible combinations of the multiple feature offerings that are encapsulated by the feature bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BIGLEVER SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Charles W. Krueger, Drew Stovall
  • Multistage configuration trees for managing product family trees
    Patent number: 10657467
    Abstract: A product line engineering (PLE) feature modeling structure called a multistage configuration tree that supports the engineering, deployment and maintenance of complex product family trees is provided. Feature selections and downselections are incrementally staged throughout the nodes in a product family tree. Feature decisions made at any node are inherited by all descendants of that node, thereby defining a product family subtree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BIGLEVER SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Charles W. Krueger, Drew Stovall
  • Feature Bundles in Multistage Configuration Trees
    Publication number: 20160078384
    Abstract: A product line engineering (PLE) multistage configuration tree that supports the engineering, deployment and maintenance of complex product family trees is provided. Feature bundles which combine a group of feature decisions into a single bundled offering are inherited by the children of the node in the product family tree where they are defined. The children see only the smaller collection of bundled offerings rather than all the possible combinations of the multiple feature offerings that are encapsulated by the feature bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Charles W. Krueger, Drew Stovall
  • Multistage Configuration Trees for Managing Product Family Trees
    Publication number: 20140180881
    Abstract: A product line engineering (PLE) feature modeling structure called a multistage configuration tree that supports the engineering, deployment and maintenance of complex product family trees is provided. Feature selections and downselections are incrementally staged throughout the nodes in a product family tree. Feature decisions made at any node are inherited by all descendants of that node, thereby defining a product family subtree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: BIGLEVER SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Charles W. Krueger, Drew Stovall