Patents by Inventor Willis Mason

Willis Mason 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).

  • Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
    Patent number: 8010571
    Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for enabling a user to construct a conceptual hierarchical framework representing a virtual or physical environment. The framework may then be populated with a collection of items. Users may graphically and intuitively view and manipulate various subsets of the environment's space as well as items placed within the modeled environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Terry Knoblock, Mike Golobay, Gregory G. Carlson, Willis Mason
  • Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
    Publication number: 20050240605
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for modeling an environment containing a collection of items are disclosed. In accordance with the method, an environmental hierarchy describing a model environment, a product catalog containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment, and a configuration library containing data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among the plurality of items in the product catalog are created. The modeled environment is then populated by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between the environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including the first item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Knoblock, Mike Golobay, Gregory Carlson, Willis Mason
  • Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
    Patent number: 6952705
    Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for enabling a user to construct a conceptual hierarchical framework representing a virtual or physical environment. The framework may then be populated with a collection of items. Users may graphically and intuitively view and manipulate various subsets of the environment's space as well as items placed within the modeled environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Knoblock, Gregory G. Carlson, Mike Golobay, Willis Mason
  • Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
    Publication number: 20030004925
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for modeling an environment containing a collection of items are disclosed. In accordance with the method, an environmental hierarchy describing a model environment, a product catalog containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment, and a configuration library containing data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among the plurality of items in the product catalog are created. The modeled environment is then populated by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between the environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including the first item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Terry Knoblock, Gregory G. Carlson, Mike Golobay, Willis Mason