Patents by Inventor Tomi Pierce

Tomi Pierce 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).

  • Visual representation tool for structured arguments
    Patent number: 7580909
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for editing and displaying a structured argument. An argument model comprises a plurality of parameters associated with a structured argument. A user interface graphically displays the plurality of parameters at a user accessible display and receives input from a user defining the value of a selected parameter. A computational engine alters the selected parameter to the defined value and updates the plurality of parameters according to the defined value of the selected parameter. The altered parameters are provided to the user interface, such that the display is updated in real time to reflect the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Bollacker, Robert Cook, Ken Skistimas, Tomi Pierce, William Daniel Hillis, Patrick Tufts, Bran Ferren
  • Visual representation tool for course of action planning
    Publication number: 20060184463
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating a plurality of courses of action according to a plurality of decision factors. A system memory contains a decision model comprising a plurality of global influence values and the plurality of courses of action. Each course of action has an associated set of decision parameters corresponding to the plurality of decision factors. An input device is operative to receive input from a user to adjust the values of the global influence values. A computational engine calculates a fitness parameter for each course of action based on the set of decision parameters for the course of action and the global influence values. The computational engine is operative to update the decision model in real time to reflect input from the user interface. A display displays the decision model to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Cook, Patrick Tufts, Terence Ryan, Tomi Pierce, W. Hillis
  • Visual representation tool for structured arguments
    Publication number: 20050049986
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for editing and displaying a structured argument. An argument model comprises a plurality of parameters associated with a structured argument. A user interface graphically displays the plurality of parameters at a user accessible display and receives input from a user defining the value of a selected parameter. A computational engine alters the selected parameter to the defined value and updates the plurality of parameters according to the defined value of the selected parameter. The altered parameters are provided to the user interface, such that the display is updated in real time to reflect the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kurt Bollacker, Robert Cook, Ken Skistimas, Tomi Pierce, William Hills, Patrick Tufts, Bran Ferren