Patents by Inventor Shane A. Atkinson

Shane A. Atkinson 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).

  • Product configuration method and system
    Patent number: 8306795
    Abstract: An object-oriented product configuration system generally includes a model tool for modeling a particular product line and a runtime tool for making the modeled information available to one or more external software applications. More specifically, the model tool enables a modeler to create a ProductModel object, which is an automatically populating electronic file containing all of the necessary information about a particular product line. Once the ProductModel is created, the runtime tool provides an external application with an interface for accessing and utilizing the information. Thus, a single source can deploy useful information to various types of software applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Numatics, Incorporated
    Inventor: Shane A. Atkinson
  • Product configuration method and system
    Publication number: 20030061238
    Abstract: An object-oriented product configuration system generally includes a model tool for modeling a particular product line and a runtime tool for making the modeled information available to one or more external software applications. More specifically, the model tool enables a modeler to create a ProductModel object, which is an automatically populating electronic file containing all of the necessary information about a particular product line. Once the ProductModel is created, the runtime tool provides an external application with an interface for accessing and utilizing the information. Thus, a single source can deploy useful information to various types of software applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Shane A. Atkinson