Patents by Inventor Matthew L. Viss

Matthew L. Viss 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).

  • Product life cycle line configuration management system using graph data structure
    Patent number: 11163776
    Abstract: A product life cycle management system for use in manufacturing a customizable manufactured article using one of a plurality of manufacturing line configurations is described. A graph data structure is stored in memory, including a plurality of connected nodes including one or more applicability group nodes for applicability groups representing the manufacturing line configurations and object nodes for objects representing components used in the line configurations, the object nodes being connected to the one or more corresponding applicability group nodes to thereby encode in the graph data structure the manufacturing line configurations with which each object is related. A manufacturing-related query from a user is performed on the graph data structure, and one or more object-applicability group relationships are determined based on the manufacturing-related query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy A. Denney, Matthew L. Viss, Alan Chong
  • PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE LINE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GRAPH DATA STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210216543
    Abstract: A product life cycle management system for use in manufacturing a customizable manufactured article using one of a plurality of manufacturing line configurations is described. A graph data structure is stored in memory, including a plurality of connected nodes including one or more applicability group nodes for applicability groups representing the manufacturing line configurations and object nodes for objects representing components used in the line configurations, the object nodes being connected to the one or more corresponding applicability group nodes to thereby encode in the graph data structure the manufacturing line configurations with which each object is related. A manufacturing-related query from a user is performed on the graph data structure, and one or more object-applicability group relationships are determined based on the manufacturing-related query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy A. Denney, Matthew L. Viss, Alan Chong