Affinnova, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140344013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION OF CONCEPTS - A method includes determining a plurality of data points, determining a distance between each data point and each of the other plurality of data points, choosing a first one of the plurality of data points, identifying all of the other plurality of data points within a maximum distance of the chosen data point, repeating steps the previous steps to choose a different one of the plurality of data points until all of the data points have been chosen, identifying one or more clusters each having a predefined minimum number, K, of data points within a predefined search radius and analyzing the one or more clusters with respect to K linkages. | 11-20-2014 |
20140279203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS WITH RESPONDENT DIRECTED BREEDING - A method comprises displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each including at least one attribute variant to a respondent, receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives, transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives and receiving a response from the respondent identifying at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives. | 09-18-2014 |
20140195901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT WITH CONTENT AWARE TEXT EDITOR - A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including providing a visual representation of a product concept comprising a textual component comprising at least one dynamic textual element and at least on static textual element and providing text editing functionality of the textual component such that a selection of any text forming a part of the at least one dynamic textual element automatically results in the selection of the entire at least one dynamic textual element wherein the text editing functionality comprises changing a format of at least a part of the at least one dynamic textual element. | 07-10-2014 |
20120233037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT - A framework is provided for building a visual representation of a product concept including a textual component and/or a graphical component. A first element within one of the textual component and the graphical components is designated as a first dynamic element. A second element within one of the textual component and the graphical component is designated as a second dynamic element. The first dynamic element is associated with a first variant list. The second dynamic element is associated with a second variant list. A constraint is associated between at least a first element variant and at least a second element variant. A selection of a first element variant from the first variant list and a second element variant from the second variant list are received. A first instantiation of the visual representation is generated including the first element variant and the second element variant based upon the constraint. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT - A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product include one or more processors identifying a dynamic element within framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component and a graphical component, the dynamic element associated with a variant list including one or more variant elements; one or more processors identifying one of a longest variant element and a shortest variant element from within the variant list; and one or more processors generating a first instantiation of a visual representation of a product concept including the one of the longest variant element and the shortest variant element as the dynamic element. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT - A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product include one or more processors providing a framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component and a graphical component; one or more processors receiving a designation of an element within at least one of the textual component and the graphical components as a dynamic element; one or more processors associating the dynamic element with a variant list including a plurality of element variants; one or more processors receiving a selection of a subset of the plurality of element variants from the variant list; and one or more processors generating a first instantiation of the visual representation including a combination of the subset of the plurality of element variants as the dynamic element. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT - A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product include one or more processors providing a framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component and a graphical component; one or more processors receiving a designation of an element within at least one of the textual component and the graphical components as a dynamic element; one or more processors associating the dynamic element with a variant list including one or more element variants; one or more processors receiving a selection of a first element variant from the variant list; and one or more processors generating a first instantiation of the visual representation including the first element variant as the dynamic element. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT - A framework is provided for building a visual representation of a product concept including a textual component and/or a graphical component. A designation is received of a first element within at least one of the textual component and the graphical components as a dynamic element. The dynamic element is associated with a variant list including one or more element variants. A second element corresponding to the first element is identified. The second element is linked with the first element. A selection of a first element variant from the variant list is received. A first instantiation of the visual representation is generated including the first element variant as the dynamic element and including the first element variant as the second element. | 09-13-2012 |