Patents by Inventor James Beardslee

James Beardslee 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 system for generating a global representation of a product definition
    Patent number: 9852429
    Abstract: A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups. The method or system generating one or more global representations of the product definition by interacting the one or more positive logic rule groups to produce a result that defines the relationship between the interacted positive logic rule groups and storing the results that are determined as being valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Beardslee, Jian Lin, Veera V. M. L. Ganesh Babu Alla, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Bryan Roger Goodman, Ravindranatha Kundoor, Yu-Ning Liu, Yakov M. Fradkin, Melinda Kaye Hunsaker
  • Method and system for generating a global representation of a product definition
    Patent number: 9836748
    Abstract: A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups. The method or system generating one or more global representations of the product definition by interacting the one or more positive logic rule groups to produce a result that defines the relationship between the interacted positive logic rule groups and storing the results that are determined as being valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Beardslee, Veera V. M. L. Ganesh Babu Alla, Ravindranatha Kundoor, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Bryan Roger Goodman
  • Method and system for generating a global representation of a product definition
    Patent number: 9098854
    Abstract: A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups. The method or system generating one or more global representations of the product definition by interacting the one or more positive logic rule groups to produce a result that defines the relationship between the interacted positive logic rule groups and storing the results that are determined as being valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Lin, Bryan Roger Goodman, James Beardslee, Veera V. M. L. Ganesh Babu Alla, Martin Pipoly, Ravindranatha Kundoor, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Yu-Ning Liu, Melinda Kaye Hunsaker, Yakov M. Fradkin, David Mark Newton
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A GLOBAL REPRESENTATION OF A PRODUCT DEFINITION
    Publication number: 20140282360
    Abstract: A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Beardslee, Veera V.M.L. Ganesh Babu Alla, Ravindranatha Kundoor, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Bryan Roger Goodman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A GLOBAL REPRESENTATION OF A PRODUCT DEFINITION
    Publication number: 20140282361
    Abstract: A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Beardslee, Jian Lin, Veera V.M.L. Ganesh Babu Alla, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Bryan Roger Goodman, Ravindranatha Kundoor, Yu-Ning Liu, Yakov M. Fradkin, Melinda Kaye Hunsaker
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A GLOBAL REPRESENTATION OF A PRODUCT DEFINITION
    Publication number: 20140279602
    Abstract: A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups. The method or system generating one or more global representations of the product definition by interacting the one or more positive logic rule groups to produce a result that defines the relationship between the interacted positive logic rule groups and storing the results that are determined as being valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Lin, Bryan Roger Goodman, James Beardslee, Veera V.M.L. Ganesh Babu Alla, Martin Pipoly, Ravindranatha Kundoor, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Yu-Ning Liu, Melinda Kaye Hunsaker, Yakov M. Fradkin, David Mark Newton