Patents by Inventor Stephen Sickels

Stephen Sickels 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).

  • System and method for multi-perspective collaborative modeling
    Patent number: 7895020
    Abstract: One method according to the present invention may include defining a first object. The first object may have a unique object identifier. The method may also include defining a second object. The second object may also have a unique object identifier. After the objects have been identified, the method may include receiving a first value and a second value associated with the first object. The method may also include representing either an agreement and a lack of agreement associated with the first object based on a relationship between the first value and the second value. In an alternative embodiment, both an agreement and a disagreement may be represented based on the first value and the second value. In one embodiment of the invention, the representation of an agreement and/or a disagreement may be performed internally, using, for example, hexadecimal or binary representations of agreement or a lack of agreement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Sickels, Matthew Humprhey, Bradley Moskowitz
  • System and method for multi-perspective collaborative modeling
    Publication number: 20050222836
    Abstract: One method according to the present invention may include defining a first object. The first object may have a unique object identifier. The method may also include defining a second object. The second object may also have a unique object identifier. After the objects have been identified, the method may include receiving a first value and a second value associated with the first object. The method may also include representing either an agreement and a lack of agreement associated with the first object based on a relationship between the first value and the second value. In an alternative embodiment, both an agreement and a disagreement may be represented based on the first value and the second value. In one embodiment of the invention, the representation of an agreement and/or a disagreement may be performed internally, using, for example, hexadecimal or binary representations of agreement or a lack of agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Sickels, Matthew Humprhey, Bradley Moskowitz