Patents by Inventor Simon Alan Jones

Simon Alan Jones 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).

  • Object property data referencing location property
    Patent number: 7589744
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to specify and maintain a “location” for an object in a drawing program. A drawing is obtained in a drawing program. One or more objects are obtained in the drawing program. In this regard, one or more of the is a collection of one or more graphical elements. For at least one of the objects, an automatic location property is defined. A value for the location property is obtained from property data of another object, area, or space where the object is “located” (which is based on the location property).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Alan Jones, Paul Joseph McArdle, Scott Anthony Arvin
  • Object property data referencing location property
    Publication number: 20040046770
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to specify and maintain a “location” for an object in a drawing program. A drawing is obtained in a drawing program. One or more objects are obtained in the drawing program. In this regard, one or more of the is a collection of one or more graphical elements. For at least one of the objects, an automatic location property is defined. A value for the location property is obtained from property data of another object, area, or space where the object is “located” (which is based on the location property).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Simon Alan Jones, Paul Joseph McArdle