Patents by Inventor Shirley (Dayde) W. McLaughlin

Shirley (Dayde) W. McLaughlin 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: 9984340
    Abstract: A method for providing instruction relating to continuous improvement policies of an enterprise is described. The method includes displaying, on a user interface, selectable icons operable for accessing a plurality of interactive guides relating to the policies of the enterprise, receiving, via the user interface, a selection of one of the icons, accessing, based on the selection, at least one file from a database, the at least one file including enterprise policy data that is related to the received icon selection, the enterprise policy data relating to one or more continuous improvement programs adopted within the enterprise, and displaying, on the user interface, a representation of the policy data in the form of an interactive guide, the user interface configured to provide access to applicable enterprise policy information that is available to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William C. Schnettgoecke, Jr., Shirley (Dayde) W. McLaughlin, Michael L. Wraspir, Jeffrey K. Hanada
  • Patent number: 9569738
    Abstract: A computer-based method for accessing the various individual tools from multiple continuous improvement programs from a single user interface is described. The method includes generating a user interface with a plurality of selectable icons, each icon corresponding to a predefined continuous improvement (CI) cycle step, providing, upon receiving a user selection of one of the CI cycle steps, user selectable process steps to the user interface, providing, upon receiving a user selection of one of the process steps, user selectable tool choices to the user interface, and generating, upon receiving a user selection of one of the tool choices, at least one interactive user interface that provides at least one of an example of the tool choice and instructions relating to the use of the tool choice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Shirley (Dayde) W. McLaughlin, Michael G. Roberts, Jeffrey K. Hanada, Jan Bartko, Michael A. Littleton, Steven C. Holt, Steven M. Patneaude