Patents by Inventor Robert M. Beggs

Robert M. Beggs 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: 10248914
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products sustain a fleet of configuration-controlled assets. The method involves integrating a plurality of previously separate systems with reusable business transactions associated with managing a fleet of vehicles. The method also involves receiving operational data associated with a vehicle of the fleet, integrating the operational data per customer requirements, packaging and distributing the operational data to the plurality of systems, and installing and distributing the operational data to one or more applications of the plurality of systems utilizing reusable business transactions. The system utilizes a plurality of applications and a plurality of logical subsystems, which are connected to each other through gateways. The logical subsystems use a common format defined by a set of messages. However, the applications can use a plurality of different formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chris Stoughton, Jenny B. Thompson, Peter M. Gould, Alan J. Bacon, Dean C. Hooks, Robert W. White, Barry R. Fox, Janet E. Oakes, Robert M. Beggs, Kim Bonin, Terence M. Burke
  • Patent number: 9251546
    Abstract: A system installed with a vehicle for evaluating operation of the vehicle with respect to environmental factors includes: (a) operational sensors for sensing data relating to operational factors of the environmental factors; (b) an operational information store coupled with selected sensors for storing operational data received from the selected sensors relating to the operational factors; (c) an operational standards store for storing operational standards associated with operating the vehicle; (d) an operational standard compliance evaluation unit coupled with the information store and coupled with the standards store for effecting comparison of the operational data with the operational standards to ascertain an operational comparison result, and determining whether the vehicle complies with the standards based upon the comparison result; and (e) an operational report and store unit coupled with the compliance evaluation unit for receiving the operational determination and generating at least one report rel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert M. Beggs, Garry Anthony Barber, James Douglas Matheny
  • Publication number: 20120245767
    Abstract: A system installed with a vehicle for evaluating operation of the vehicle with respect to environmental factors includes: (a) operational sensors for sensing data relating to operational factors of the environmental factors; (b) an operational information store coupled with selected sensors for storing operational data received from the selected sensors relating to the operational factors; (c) an operational standards store for storing operational standards associated with operating the vehicle; (d) an operational standard compliance evaluation unit coupled with the information store and coupled with the standards store for effecting comparison of the operational data with the operational standards to ascertain an operational comparison result, and determining whether the vehicle complies with the standards based upon the comparison result; and (e) an operational report and store unit coupled with the compliance evaluation unit for receiving the operational determination and generating at least one report rel
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BOEING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE
    Inventors: Robert M. Beggs, Garry Anthony Barber, James Douglas Matheny
  • Patent number: 6799187
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for marking equipment parts. The system consists of electronic parts marking instruction cards, databases, and, in many applications, remote parts marking equipment. The system also includes analysis and monitoring components for monitoring parts marking programs, including opportunistic parts marking programs. The computer product described utilizes electronic parts marking instruction cards, and allows multiple users at multiple locations to mark parts for complex equipment as they are being operated and maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Beggs, Bradley J. Buchanan, Allan Bucknell, Martin Eldridge, Mike Woogerd, Ron Carson
  • Publication number: 20030120416
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for marking equipment parts. The system consists of electronic parts marking instruction cards, databases, and, in many applications, remote parts marking equipment. The system also includes analysis and monitoring components for monitoring parts marking programs, including opportunistic parts marking programs. The computer product described utilizes electronic parts marking instruction cards, and allows multiple users at multiple locations to mark parts for complex equipment as they are being operated and maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Robert M. Beggs, Bradley J. Buchanan, Allan Bucknell, Martin Eldridge, Mike Woogerd, Ron Carson