Patents by Inventor Michael E. Thornber

Michael E. Thornber 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 FOR PROPAGATING INFORMATION BETWEEN A BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL AND A SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20160267123
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computer system, data exported from a Building Information Model (BIM). The exported data is indicative of a first plurality of sets of units and values, each set associated uniquely with a different element defined in the BIM. The computer system parses a specification document to identify a second plurality of sets of units and values, each set associated uniquely with a different element listed in the specification document. The computer system compares the first plurality of sets of units and values to the second plurality of sets of units and values, and automatically identifies a set of units and values that is a member of only one of the first plurality of sets of units and values and the second plurality of sets of units and values. An inconsistency between the elements listed in the specification document and the elements defined in the BIM is registered automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Michael E. Thornber
  • METHOD FOR PROPAGATING INFORMATION BETWEEN A BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL AND A SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20140279939
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computer system, data exported from a Building Information Model (BIM). The exported data is indicative of a first plurality of sets of units and values, each set associated uniquely with a different element defined in the BIM. The computer system parses a specification document to identify a second plurality of sets of units and values, each set associated uniquely with a different element listed in the specification document. The computer system compares the first plurality of sets of units and values to the second plurality of sets of units and values, and automatically identifies a set of units and values that is a member of only one of the first plurality of sets of units and values and the second plurality of sets of units and values. An inconsistency between the elements listed in the specification document and the elements defined in the BIM is registered automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ITI - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Michael E. Thornber