Patents by Inventor Tim Dawidowsky

Tim Dawidowsky 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).

  • Automatically configuring product manual by binding document objects in logical structure to proper versions of component documents in a document database
    Patent number: 6377956
    Abstract: A system for automatically assembling product manuals based on a product model, a delivery model and a formal configuration specification includes a structure instantiator for instantiating a product manual structure from a model-specific configuration specification to create a logical structure for a product manual. The product manual structure incorporates product information from a product model, the product manual structure including document objects. A manual configurer is included for configuring the product manual by binding the document objects in the logical structure to proper versions of component documents stored in a document database. A manual generator is also included for generating the product manual by physically extracting the document objects from the document database to a directory, based on a delivery model. A method for automatically assembling product manuals is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang-Hua Hsu, Peiya Liu, Tim Dawidowsky