Patents by Inventor Mark Eric Dutra

Mark Eric Dutra 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 FRAME-BASED KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION IN THE UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML)
    Publication number: 20080295068
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for emulating a knowledge representation in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) environment. A Meta-Object Facility metamodel and UML profile are grounded in a foundation ontology. The elements representing the knowledge representation ontology are mapped to elements of UML, based on the grounded Meta-Object Facility metamodel and UML profile, thereby emulating the knowledge representation in a UML environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Elisa Finnie Kendall, Mark Eric Dutra
  • Method and apparatus for frame-based knowledge representation in the unified modeling language (UML)
    Patent number: 7424701
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for emulating a knowledge representation in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) environment. A Meta-Object Facility metamodel and UML profile are grounded in a foundation ontology. The elements representing the knowledge representation ontology are mapped to elements of UML, based on the grounded Meta-Object Facility metamodel and UML profile, thereby emulating the knowledge representation in a UML environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sandpiper Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Elisa Finnie Kendall, Mark Eric Dutra