Patents by Inventor Michael W. Maple

Michael W. Maple 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).

  • Methods and systems for modeling processes in airlines and other industries, and for simulating and valuing the effects of various products and services on those processes
    Patent number: 7865385
    Abstract: Methods and systems for modeling functional processes in enterprises, and for simulating and valuing the effects of various products and services on those processes, are described herein. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention for marketing at least one of products and services to an operator of an enterprise includes presenting a first process model and a second process model. The first process model can graphically illustrate how at least one functional group in the enterprise responds to a selected operational circumstance. The second process model can graphically illustrate how the at least one functional group responds to the selected operational circumstance after the enterprise has implemented at least one of a selected product and a selected service configured to facilitate operation of the enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael W. Maple, Kenneth J. Goosen, William H. Syblon, Michael B. McLaughlin, James O. Halvorson