Patents by Inventor Steve MacPherson

Steve MacPherson 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).

  • Universal timelines for coordinated productions
    Patent number: 7800615
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a universal timeline application that may be used to effectively manage the access and display of content related to multiple aspects of a production. The universal timeline application provides an interface presenting users with a visualization of all the different data elements of a production, represented in an intuitive, easily navigable, three-dimensional display. Icons representing data elements may be plotted on a three dimensional grid, wherein each axis of the grid represents a different dimension of the data elements. Metadata defined for a given data element specifies a location on the three dimensional grid to plot the given data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: AUTODESK, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve MacPherson
  • Universal timelines for coordinated productions
    Publication number: 20070171224
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a universal timeline application that may be used to effectively manage the access and display of content related to multiple aspects of a production. The universal timeline application provides an interface presenting users with a visualization of all the different data elements of a production, represented in an intuitive, easily navigable, three-dimensional display. Icons representing data elements may be plotted on a three dimensional grid, wherein each axis of the grid represents a different dimension of the data elements. Metadata defined for a given data element specifies a location on the three dimensional grid to plot the given data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Steve MacPherson