Patents by Inventor Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr.

Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr. 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).

  • User-defined hierarchies of user-defined classes of graphical objects in a graphical modeling environment
    Patent number: 9038016
    Abstract: The present invention allows a user to graphically define a hierarchy of user-defined, executable classes of graphical objects that can be implemented in a graphical model. The present invention supports the features of inheritance, abstraction and polymorphism. Further, descendant classes of graphical objects can graphically extend the behavior and/or structure of ancestor classes of graphical objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr., Pieter J. Mosterman, Ebrahim Mehran Mestchian
  • USER-DEFINED HIERARCHIES OF USER-DEFINED CLASSES OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS IN A GRAPHICAL MODELING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120266130
    Abstract: The present invention allows a user to graphically define a hierarchy of user-defined, executable classes of graphical objects that can be implemented in a graphical model. The present invention supports the features of inheritance, abstraction and polymorphism. Further, descendant classes of graphical objects can graphically extend the behavior and/or structure of ancestor classes of graphical objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: THE MATHWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul F. KINNUCAN, JR., Pieter J. MOSTERMAN, Ebrahim Mehran MESTCHIAN
  • User-defined hierarchies of user-defined classes of graphical objects in a graphical modeling environment
    Patent number: 8166452
    Abstract: The present invention allows a user to graphically define a hierarchy of user-defined, executable classes of graphical objects that can be implemented in a graphical model. The present invention supports the features of inheritance, abstraction and polymorphism. Further, descendant classes of graphical objects can graphically extend the behavior and/or structure of ancestor classes of graphical objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr., Pieter J. Mosterman, Ebrahim Mehran Mestchian
  • System and method for providing domain-sensitive help
    Patent number: 7966562
    Abstract: A help facility for a graphical modeling environment that determines the domain of a multi-domain graphical object and provides the correct documentation for that object in that domain is discussed. The help facility determines the identity of the multi-domain graphical object and the domain in which the multi-domain graphical object is instantiated. Once the domain and the graphical object identity are determined, the help facility triggers a help callback restricted to that domain that provides domain appropriate help for the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Brewton, Dallas C. Kennedy, Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr.
  • User-defined hierarchies of user-defined classes of graphical objects in a graphical modeling environment
    Patent number: 7934194
    Abstract: The present invention allows a user to graphically define a hierarchy of user-defined, executable classes of graphical objects that can be implemented in a graphical model. The present invention supports the features of inheritance, abstraction and polymorphism. Further, descendant classes of graphical objects can graphically extend the behavior and/or structure of ancestor classes of graphical objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr., Pieter J. Mosterman, Ebrahim Mehran Mestchian
  • Adaptive document-based online help system
    Patent number: 7636887
    Abstract: Methods, systems and mediums are provided for enabling users to obtain help information in an online help system. The online help system utilizes adaptive documents to display help messages requested by the users. The content of the adaptive documents may dynamically vary according to, for example, the user's skill level, associated software products installed on the users' system, additional information that has emerged since the users acquired the software product, e.g., the discovery of defects or the fixing of defects in the program, language of the location where the software environment is provided. The present invention may also provide a publishing system that enables authors to create the adaptive help documents used in the online help system. The present invention therefore provides a complete and efficient online help system using adaptive documents to display various help messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul F. Kinnucan, Jr.