Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. Felser

Lawrence D. Felser 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 providing access to and working with architectural drawings on the internet
    Patent number: 8402392
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide access to architectural documents in a network based on-line web based system. Servers that are accessible from the Internet maintain persistent multiple architectural documents of different media types. An online user is provided, from the servers via the Internet, a set of basic virtual design tools that have persistent properties and may be copied. The virtual design tools may also be utilized to work with the architectural documents. A workspace is also provided for viewing, accessing, and modifying the architectural documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Look, Lawrence D. Felser, John R. Wallace
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO AND WORKING WITH ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS ON THE INTERNET
    Publication number: 20090100368
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide access to architectural documents in a network based on-line web based system. Servers that are accessible from the Internet maintain persistent multiple architectural documents of different media types. An online user is provided, from the servers via the Internet, a set of basic virtual design tools that have persistent properties and may be copied. The virtual design tools may also be utilized to work with the architectural documents. A workspace is also provided for viewing, accessing, and modifying the architectural documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Look, Lawrence D. Felser, John R. Wallace
  • Method and apparatus for providing access to and working with architectural drawings on the internet
    Patent number: 7484183
    Abstract: An Internet-based design environment, implemented on a web server, for use by building, design, architectural, engineering, and construction personnel, wherein the design environment provides a graphical user interface having a virtual desktop (300) that resembles an architect's desk, wherein the virtual desktop provides a virtual workspace for storing design documents and a set of basic virtual design tools (304, 306) for use in sketching, drawing, modeling, creating, and editing the stored design documents in the virtual workspace. The design documents may comprise different media types (314) and are persistently maintained on the web server. The virtual design tools comprise graphical icons that resemble physical objects with similar virtual functionality to the resembled physical objects and may be moved around the virtual workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Look, Lawrence D. Felser, John R. Wallace
  • Method and apparatus for providing access to and working with architectural drawings on the internet
    Publication number: 20040225968
    Abstract: An Internet-based design environment, implemented on a web server, for use by building, design, architectural, engineering, and construction personnel, wherein the design environment provides a graphical user interface having a virtual desktop (300) that resembles an architect's desk, wherein the virtual desktop provides a virtual workspace for storing design documents and a set of basic virtual design tools (304, 306) for use in sketching, drawing, modeling, creating, and editing the stored design documents in the virtual workspace. The design documents may comprise different media types (314) and are persistently maintained on the web server. The virtual design tools comprise graphical icons that resemble physical objects with similar virtual functionality to the resembled physical objects and may be moved around the virtual workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas G Look, Lawrence D Felser, John R Wallace