Patents by Inventor Michael E. Roth

Michael E. Roth 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).

  • Software development apparatus with regulated user access
    Patent number: 8266581
    Abstract: A software system development apparatus is provided. The software system development apparatus may include a processor and a computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the processor. The apparatus may also include a system design tool program stored on the computer-readable medium that, when executed by the processor, is operable to regulate user access to at least one aspect of the system design tool according to one or more authorization categories of users of the system design tool. The system design tool may also be operable to generate a real-time embedded control software system by selecting from a collection of reusable software components stored and described in a catalog in accordance with the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne D. Brandt, Vernon R. Smith, Walt E. Earleson, Michael E. Roth, Dale B. Herget, Steven C. Bray, Wayne J. Wulfert, Jeffrey S. Morris