Patents by Inventor Geraldine Rae Summers

Geraldine Rae Summers 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).

  • Role-based product management system using proxy objects
    Patent number: 9613320
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying information for a product. User input selecting a proxy object in a product design on a computer system is received. The proxy object refers to a number of product standards used in the product design and is associated with a component in the product design. A role of a user is identified. A request for standards information for the component is sent to an interpreter module. The role of the user is included in the request. The standards information is received in a format based on the role of the operator such that the standards information is displayed in the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: David P. Knawa, Craig Edward McDonel, Mark A. Dahl, Steven E. Franzen, Donna Wynn McWaters, Darwin G. Reed, Robert J. Schreiber, Geraldine Rae Summers
  • Role-Based Product Management System Using Proxy Objects
    Publication number: 20120316668
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying information for a product. User input selecting a proxy object in a product design on a computer system is received. The proxy object refers to a number of product standards used in the product design and is associated with a component in the product design. A role of a user is identified. A request for standards information for the component is sent to an interpreter module. The role of the user is included in the request. The standards information is received in a format based on the role of the operator such that the standards information is displayed in the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: David P. Knawa, Craig Edward McDonel, Mark A. Dahl, Steven E. Franzen, Donna Wynn McWaters, Darwin G. Reed, Robert J. Schreiber, Geraldine Rae Summers