Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Sain

Kenneth W. Sain 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).

  • Automatic conferencing channel for role-based collaboration
    Patent number: 11356391
    Abstract: A method of role-based collaboration includes accessing information about a project that includes tasks to be executed, and that includes roles for execution of the tasks, the information including the roles and specified team members assigned to the roles. The method includes creating a conferencing channel for the project, with role-based group membership. The method includes role-based joining the specified team members as group members of the conferencing channel. The specified team members are automatically joined as the group members, which automatically change contemporaneous with any corresponding changes in the specified team members assigned to the roles. The method further includes transferring messages between the group members and thereby the specified team members via the conferencing channel that is accessible to the specified team members from client software running on devices usable by the specified team members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Sain, Andreas Sindlinger
  • AUTOMATIC CONFERENCING CHANNEL FOR ROLE-BASED COLLABORATION
    Publication number: 20220038399
    Abstract: A method of role-based collaboration includes accessing information about a project that includes tasks to be executed, and that includes roles for execution of the tasks, the information including the roles and specified team members assigned to the roles. The method includes creating a conferencing channel for the project, with role-based group membership. The method includes role-based joining the specified team members as group members of the conferencing channel. The specified team members are automatically joined as the group members, which automatically change contemporaneous with any corresponding changes in the specified team members assigned to the roles. The method further includes transferring messages between the group members and thereby the specified team members via the conferencing channel that is accessible to the specified team members from client software running on devices usable by the specified team members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Sain, Andreas Sindlinger
  • Award plaque
    Patent number: D405720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Sain