Patents by Inventor Rex Byron Douglas

Rex Byron Douglas 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: 11727078
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for management of client devices for maintenance of a structural product. The apparatus is caused to receive device manifest reports that include information about the client devices and digital content hosted by respective library apps on the client devices. The apparatus is caused to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) to visually summarize the information, with the GUI embodied as a dashboard with a layout of software widgets. And the apparatus is caused to send the dashboard to an administrative device for display. This causes execution of the layout of software widgets on the dashboard at the administrative device to access the information from the content management platform, produce respective infographics to visually summarize the client devices and the digital content hosted by the respective library apps, based on the information, and display the respective infographics in the dashboard at the administrative device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jared B. Kunz, Bradley D. Gorter, Rex Byron Douglas, Michael R. Munsey, Joshua J. Lavalleur, Michael E. Norman
  • Publication number: 20200334319
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for management of client devices for maintenance of a structural product. The apparatus is caused to receive device manifest reports that include information about the client devices and digital content hosted by respective library apps on the client devices. The apparatus is caused to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) to visually summarize the information, with the GUI embodied as a dashboard with a layout of software widgets. And the apparatus is caused to send the dashboard to an administrative device for display. This causes execution of the layout of software widgets on the dashboard at the administrative device to access the information from the content management platform, produce respective infographics to visually summarize the client devices and the digital content hosted by the respective library apps, based on the information, and display the respective infographics in the dashboard at the administrative device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jared B. Kunz, Bradley D. Gorter, Rex Byron Douglas, Michael R. Munsey, Joshua J. Lavalleur, Michael E. Norman
  • Patent number: 9776738
    Abstract: A portable electronic device for assessing an affected area of an aircraft is disclosed. A reference marker having a known size is located on the aircraft. The portable electronic device includes a processor in communication with a structural database, where the structural database includes a template that defines a maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor executes instructions for determining an actual size of the affected area based on the known size of the reference marker. The processor also executes instructions for comparing the actual size of the affected area with the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor further executes instructions for determining that the actual size of the affected area exceeds the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samantha A. Schwartz, Andre Lutz, Rex Byron Douglas, Nicolas Boecher
  • Publication number: 20170210492
    Abstract: A portable electronic device for assessing an affected area of an aircraft is disclosed. A reference marker having a known size is located on the aircraft. The portable electronic device includes a processor in communication with a structural database, where the structural database includes a template that defines a maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor executes instructions for determining an actual size of the affected area based on the known size of the reference marker. The processor also executes instructions for comparing the actual size of the affected area with the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor further executes instructions for determining that the actual size of the affected area exceeds the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Samantha A. Schwartz, Andre Lutz, Rex Byron Douglas, Nicolas Boecher