Patents by Inventor Gregory L. Demchak

Gregory L. Demchak 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 illustrating progress in achieving a goal in a computer program task
    Patent number: 8683368
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for illustrating progress in achieving a goal of a system modeled by a computer program. In one embodiment, the invention is evidenced by a method comprising the steps of displaying a widget wherein the widget comprises a center portion representing a category of data represented by the computer program and the category of data includes n data points that must be fulfilled to achieve the goal and an outer portion, comprising a segment representing each one of the n data points; and updating the widget to represent each of the n data points that has been fulfilled by delineating each segment representing a fulfilled data point requirement from each segment representing a non -fulfilled data point requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Lillian M. Smith, Gregory L. Demchak
  • Method and apparatus for visualizing a quantity of a material used in a physical object having a plurality of physical elements
    Patent number: 8274510
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for illustrating progress in achieving a goal of a system modeled by a computer program. In one embodiment, the invention is evidenced by a method comprising the steps of displaying a widget wherein the widget comprises a center portion representing a category of data represented by the computer program and the category of data includes n data points that must be fulfilled to achieve the goal and an outer portion, comprising a segment representing each one of the n data points; and updating the widget to represent each of the n data points that has been fulfilled by delineating each segment representing a fulfilled data point requirement from each segment representing a non-fulfilled data point requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Demchak, Lillian M. Smith
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUSTRATING PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING A GOAL IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM TASK
    Publication number: 20100122201
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for illustrating progress in achieving a goal of a system modeled by a computer program. In one embodiment, the invention is evidenced by a method comprising the steps of displaying a widget wherein the widget comprises a center portion representing a category of data represented by the computer program and the category of data includes n data points that must be fulfilled to achieve the goal and an outer portion, comprising a segment representing each one of the n data points; and updating the widget to represent each of the n data points that has been fulfilled by delineating each segment representing a fulfilled data point requirement from each segment representing a non-fulfilled data point requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Lillian M. Smith, Gregory L. Demchak
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING A QUANTITY OF A MATERIAL USED IN A PHYSICAL OBJECT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20100118026
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for illustrating progress in achieving a goal of a system modeled by a computer program. In one embodiment, the invention is evidenced by a method comprising the steps of displaying a widget wherein the widget comprises a center portion representing a category of data represented by the computer program and the category of data includes n data points that must be fulfilled to achieve the goal and an outer portion, comprising a segment representing each one of the n data points; and updating the widget to represent each of the n data points that has been fulfilled by delineating each segment representing a fulfilled data point requirement from each segment representing a non-fulfilled data point requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Demchak, Lillian M. Smith