Patents by Inventor John Benjamin Sims, III

John Benjamin Sims, III 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 loading software aircraft parts
    Patent number: 8055393
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a software aircraft part. A computer implemented method identifies an aircraft from a set of target aircraft to form a target aircraft. Software for use in the aircraft is identified. A determination is made as to whether compatibility exists between the software and the target aircraft. The software aircraft part is created comprising the software and metadata relating usability of the software aircraft part in the target aircraft in response to a determination that compatibility exists between the software and the target aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Benjamin Sims, III, Hai Nguyen, David Walter Massy-Greene
  • Metadata for software aircraft parts
    Patent number: 8051031
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for creating a data structure residing on a computer recordable medium for verifying whether a software aircraft part can be loaded. The data structure comprises a set of aircraft identification objects. An aircraft identification object within the set of aircraft identification objects contains a level of specificity about a set of aircraft on which the software aircraft part can be loaded. The set of aircraft identification objects are capable of being read from the computer recordable medium to verify whether the software aircraft part can be loaded in an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Benjamin Sims, III, Hai Nguyen
  • METADATA FOR SOFTWARE AIRCRAFT PARTS
    Publication number: 20090198712
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for creating a data structure residing on a computer recordable medium for verifying whether a software aircraft part can be loaded. The data structure comprises a set of aircraft identification objects. An aircraft identification object within the set of aircraft identification objects contains a level of specificity about a set of aircraft on which the software aircraft part can be loaded. The set of aircraft identification objects are capable of being read from the computer recordable medium to verify whether the software aircraft part can be loaded in an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: John Benjamin Sims, III, Hai Nguyen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING SOFTWARE AIRCRAFT PARTS
    Publication number: 20090198393
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a software aircraft part. A computer implemented method identifies an aircraft from a set of target aircraft to form a target aircraft. Software for use in the aircraft is identified. A determination is made as to whether compatibility exists between the software and the target aircraft. The software aircraft part is created comprising the software and metadata relating usability of the software aircraft part in the target aircraft in response to a determination that compatibility exists between the software and the target aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: John Benjamin Sims, III, Hai Nguyen, David Walter Massy-Greene