Patents by Inventor Michael E. Crow

Michael E. Crow 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).

  • Patent number: 11501033
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for converting an architecture specification of a system to one or more functional performance requirements textual statements describing one or more functions of the system is provided. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining the architecture specification based on a predefined architecture model diagram type, wherein the architecture specification comprises a plurality of interconnected functional portions that describe the one or more functions of the system; mapping one or more of the plurality of interconnected functional portions to one or more portions of the one or more functional performance requirements textual statements based on a predefined format of a template functional performance requirements textual statement; and creating the one or more functional performance requirements textual statements based on the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Scott Wardlaw, Michael E. Crow
  • Publication number: 20210103639
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for converting an architecture specification of a system to one or more functional performance requirements textual statements describing one or more functions of the system is provided. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining the architecture specification based on a predefined architecture model diagram type, wherein the architecture specification comprises a plurality of interconnected functional portions that describe the one or more functions of the system; mapping one or more of the plurality of interconnected functional portions to one or more portions of the one or more functional performance requirements textual statements based on a predefined format of a template functional performance requirements textual statement; and creating the one or more functional performance requirements textual statements based on the mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Scott Wardlaw, Michael E. Crow
  • Patent number: 10685176
    Abstract: A computer system and a computer-implemented method is provided for authoring a requirements document for a product or service. The requirements document includes one or more components for the product or service. Each component is described using one or more requirements statements. An online tool is used to provide electronic templates to view and/or modify features of the requirement statements. A common data structure is used to store attributes associated with portions of the requirements statements. The common data structure is accessible by the online tool to author the requirements document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Scott Wardlaw, Paul Murray, Michael E. Crow
  • Publication number: 20200050656
    Abstract: A computer system and a computer-implemented method is provided for authoring a requirements document for a product or service. The requirements document includes one or more components for the product or service. Each component is described using one or more requirements statements. An online tool is used to provide electronic templates to view and/or modify features of the requirement statements. A common data structure is used to store attributes associated with portions of the requirements statements. The common data structure is accessible by the online tool to author the requirements document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: William Scott Wardlaw, Paul Murray, Michael E. Crow
  • Publication number: 20160140261
    Abstract: A lean product modeling system (LPM system). The LPM system includes a plurality of modeling objects representing multiple perspectives of the product, a plurality of corresponding modeling object properties identifying characteristics of those product modeling objects which are used to configure product simulations, and a plurality of corresponding modeling object property data items that define those characteristics and are reflected in product simulations and analyses. All product modeling objects may be linked in an integrated product knowledge model that reflects ontological characteristics of the product or the application as a service and a corresponding operational environment. The integrated product knowledge model defines an authoritative source for any specific corresponding modeling object within the plurality of corresponding modeling objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: William Charles Beavin, Mark David Schulte, Michael E. Crow