Patents by Inventor Robert Leon Malone

Robert Leon Malone 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: 11645594
    Abstract: In an example, a method is performed by a computing system that is one of a group of computing systems involved in facilitating a manufacturing of an aircraft. The method comprises generating a plurality of manufacturing task work statements (MTWSs), each MTWS being associated with a task involved in the manufacturing and comprising smart contract data and computer code. The method also comprises receiving system state information indicating (i) a schedule according to which the aircraft is to be manufactured, (ii) resources available for use in executing the MTWSs, and (iii) one or more aircraft certification requirements with which the tasks involved in the manufacturing of the aircraft are to comply. The method also comprises executing the MTWSs based on the system state information and storing, in a blockchain-based distributed ledger accessible by the group of computing systems, an end state result of the execution of each MTWS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen Acey Walls, Robert Leon Malone, Kristen Ann Bengtson, Michael Marcus Vander Wel, Sharon Filipowski Arroyo
  • Publication number: 20210065085
    Abstract: In an example, a method is performed by a computing system that is one of a group of computing systems involved in facilitating a manufacturing of an aircraft. The method comprises generating a plurality of manufacturing task work statements (MTWSs), each MTWS being associated with a task involved in the manufacturing and comprising smart contract data and computer code. The method also comprises receiving system state information indicating (i) a schedule according to which the aircraft is to be manufactured, (ii) resources available for use in executing the MTWSs, and (iii) one or more aircraft certification requirements with which the tasks involved in the manufacturing of the aircraft are to comply. The method also comprises executing the MTWSs based on the system state information and storing, in a blockchain-based distributed ledger accessible by the group of computing systems, an end state result of the execution of each MTWS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Acey Walls, Robert Leon Malone, Kristen Ann Bengtson, Michael Marcus Vander Wel, Sharon Filipowski Arroyo