Patents by Inventor William Benjamin Schaefer, IV

William Benjamin Schaefer, IV 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).

  • Patent number: 8726203
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a test bench for testing a requirement is described. According to an embodiment, a test bench generator subsystem automatically chooses a test template based on a user specification of a requirement to be tested. The requirement is automatically associated with information such as parameters, context identifiers, and success criteria. The subsystem automatically generates a test bench data construct for a simulation that will test the requirement and evaluate success or failure. In an embodiment, generating the test bench includes automatically choosing a system model for the test bench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cydesign, Inc.
    Inventors: Serdar Uckun, William Benjamin Schaefer, IV, Mark Flanagan Ward, Kerry Ryan Poppa, Michael Theodore Koopmans, Mark Edwin Drummond, Lee Travis Bergmann Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110173130
    Abstract: A method and system for informing a user by utilizing time based reviews that include collecting a plurality of user reviews. A user review includes business information, a user opinion that includes at least a rating, and time information that relates to the time of user interaction with the business. The method further includes extracting information from the plurality of user reviews based on the interaction time and presenting the extracted information to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: William Benjamin Schaefer, IV, Michael Philip Lasmanis, Jason James Kelly, John Birchfield, Leith Leedom Alan, Michael Ayhan
  • Publication number: 20110173559
    Abstract: A method and system for publishing an online post from a device that includes obtaining information for a post and receiving user input from a single-interaction interface on the device. The received user input initiates selecting a context descriptor for the post based on the user input; creating the post from the obtained information and selected context descriptor, and sending the post to a post database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: William Benjamin Schaefer, IV, Michael Philip Lasmanis, Jason James Kelly, John Birchfield, Leith Leedom Alan, Michael Ayhan