| BOEING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE Patent applications |
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| 20110087513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A PROGRAM RELATING TO A PRODUCT - A method for managing a program relating to a product, the program including a plurality of program requirements for performing a plurality of program tasks, includes: (a) establishing a location reference system for a representation of the product in three dimensions; (b) identifying a plurality of task-loci in a display; the display presenting the representation of the product according to the location reference system; each respective task-locus of the plurality of task-loci being associated with a respective program task of the plurality of program tasks; (c) characterizing each respective task-locus associated with an accomplished respective program task as a respective completed task-locus; and (d) accounting for accomplishment of the respective program tasks by accounting for the respective completed task-loci. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110013539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERNETWORK COMMUNICATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF NETWORKS - A system for managing internetwork communications among a plurality of networks includes: (a) a plurality of edge network nodes; each respective edge network node being coupled to manage internetwork communications between a respective own network and other networks of the plurality of networks than the respective own network; and (b) at least one gateway-capable edge network node communicatingly coupled with each respective network node. Each respective edge network node includes a native communication network management unit for managing communications by the respective edge network node using a native communication protocol. Each respective edge network node includes an overlay communication network management unit for managing communications by the respective edge network node using an overlay communication protocol. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100241408 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING COMPLIANCE OF A DEFINED DOMAIN WITH A MODEL - Method for testing compliance of a defined domain with reference model criteria includes: (a) providing an architecture file describing the domain; (b) specifying formatted files relating to the architecture file; (c) parsing the formatted files to ascertain model data elements; (d) structuring model data elements for use with a criteria subset associated with a simulation scenario; (e) effecting simulation using the model data elements in the simulation scenario according to the criteria subset; and (f) evaluating compliance of the model data elements according to evaluation parameters. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100174838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYING A SECOND BUS CONTROLLER ON A DATA BUS HAVING A FIRST BUS CONTROLLER - A method for employing a second bus controller on a data bus having a first bus controller including: (a) recording appearances of predetermined character groups on the data bus; (b) noting patterns of the appearances preceding a qualifying quiet period on the data bus; a qualifying quiet period being a time interval having a duration greater than a predetermined duration with no traffic on the data bus; (c) employing the patterns to determine probability of occurrence of a qualifying quiet period following at least one pattern; and (d) permitting the second bus controller to control operation of the data bus during a respective qualifying quiet period when the probability of occurrence for the respective qualifying quiet period is greater than a predetermined value. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100094624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE-BASED DETERMINATION OF SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY IN AN AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS - A method for effecting a machine-based determination of speech intelligibility in an aircraft during flight operations includes: (a) in no particular order: (1) providing a representation of a machine-based speech evaluating signal; and (2) providing a representation of in-flight noise; (b) combining the representation of a machine-based speech evaluation signal and the representation of in-flight noise to obtain a combined noise signal; and (c) employing the combined noise signal to present the machine-based determination of speech intelligibility in an aircraft during flight operations. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100021184 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING AN OPTICAL SIGNAL - An apparatus for handling an optical signal includes: an optical transmitting unit transmitting the optical signal from an input locus to an output locus. The optical transmitting unit includes a plurality of optical transmitting sections. Each respective optical transmitting section of the plurality of optical transmitting sections has a respective length and a respective attenuation gradient to establish a respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration. Each respective optical transmitting section effects attenuation of the optical signal according to its respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090274316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTERING NOISE WHEN OPERATING AN ADDRESS SYSTEM IN A PASSENGER TRANSPORT - A system for countering ambient noise when operating an address system in at least one compartment of a passenger transport unit includes: (a) a noise control unit; and (b) at least one memory unit coupled with the noise control unit. The at least one memory unit stores noise characteristic information relating with at least one operational condition of the transport unit. The noise control unit employs the noise characteristic information to effect the countering. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090234785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXERCISING A REPRESENTATION TO INDICATE SOLUTIONS - A system for exercising a representation employing relationships among a plurality of input values to indicate solutions includes: an output controller unit coupled with the representation and presenting output values in response to receiving selected solutions from the representation; and an input controller unit coupled with the output controller unit and with the representation. The input controller unit presents a succession of the input values to the representation. The input controller unit receives indication of the output values from the output controller unit. The input controller unit selects the succession of input values in response to convergence by the output values. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090125167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ICING CONDITIONS FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method for detecting icing conditions for an airborne aircraft operating within a zone defined using one or more aircraft-related parameter and one or more environment parameter includes: (a) In no particular order: (1) measuring the aircraft-related parameter(s) to obtain aircraft-related parametric value(s); and (2) measuring the environment-related parameter(s) to obtain environment-related parametric value(s). (b) Employing the aircraft-related parametric value(s) and the environment-related parametric value(s) to determine whether the aircraft is operating within the zone. (c) If the aircraft is operating within the zone, observing elapsed time during which the aircraft is operating within the zone. (d) If the aircraft has operated within the zone for a predetermined elapsed time-in-zone, displaying an alert message for a user to indicate a likelihood of presence of icing conditions. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090123076 | METHOD FOR COMPARING COMPUTER-GENERATED DRAWINGS - A method for comparing a first drawing and a second drawing generated by a shape-based computer system includes: (a) In no particular order: (1) identifying shapes present in the first drawing; and (2) identifying shapes present in the second drawing. (b) In no particular order: (1) identifying deleted shapes; the deleted shapes being present in the first drawing and not present in the second drawing; and (2) identifying new shapes; the new shapes being present in the second drawing and not present in the first drawing. (c) In no particular order: (1) indicating the deleted shapes in the first drawing; and (2) indicating the new shapes in the second drawing. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090120205 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VORTEXES IN FLUID FLOW ADJACENT TO A SURFACE - An apparatus for generating vortexes in fluid flow generally adjacent to a surface includes: (a) at least one vortex generating element; and (b) a piezoelectric motor element coupled with the at least one vortex generating element. The piezoelectric motor element responds to a varying voltage signal to move the at least one vortex generating element between a first position extending into the fluid flow an operating distance from the surface and a second position generally flush with the surface. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090112829 | CACHING OF WEB FORM POST-QUERY REQUESTS - A method for obtaining a result for a post-query may include: (a) Algorithmically treating the query to create a signature. (b) Composing a pseudo-get web identifier including a web address identifying a responding station and the signature. (c) Sending the query via a network to the responding station to request the result. (d) Determining whether the result is stored in a cache unit in the network. (e) If the result is stored in a cache unit, providing the result to the requesting station. (f) If the result is not stored in a cache unit, acquiring the result from the responding station. (g) Storing the result in a receiving cache unit. (h) Sending a resubmitted query via the network to the responding station in a format appropriate to retrieve the stored result from the receiving cache unit. The resubmitted query format includes the signature phrase. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090093999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING DAMAGE IN A STRUCTURE - A method for quantifying damage in a test structure having a plurality of transducer units coupled to at least one portion of the test structure includes: (a) training an evaluating algorithmic system coupled with the transducer units to establish a trained algorithmic system able to recognize a plurality of characteristics of signals traversing a plurality of paths through a training structure substantially similar to the test structure after the training structure is damaged. Each path is situated between a respective pair of transducer units coupled to the training structure; the plurality of characteristics relates each path to a plurality of physical aspects of the damage. A trained algorithmic system is employed to recognize the plurality of characteristics of signals traversing paths in the test structure to effect the quantifying. The plurality of physical aspects includes less than ten physical aspects. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20080228331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PARAMETERS AT AIRCRAFT LOCI - A system for measuring parameters at a plurality of loci associated with an aircraft includes: (a) a central unit; (b) a plurality of communicating nodes coupled with the central unit; and (c) a respective plurality of sensing units associated with each respective communicating node of the plurality of communicating nodes; at least one selected sensing unit of at least one respective plurality of sensing units being a remote sensing unit. The at least one remote sensing unit communicates wirelessly with the respective communicating node. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080203642 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A WORKPIECE IN A WORKING ORIENTATION - An apparatus for positioning a workpiece in a working orientation with respect to a portable operating device when the apparatus is in an assembled orientation, the operating device cooperating with the apparatus to apply at least one operating element to the workpiece at least one predetermined work site when the workpiece is in the working orientation, includes: (a) a base unit configured for effecting a first cooperative fitting with the operating device in a first orientation; (b) a receiving unit configured for effecting a second cooperative fitting with the workpiece in a second orientation; and (c) an orienting structure configured for effecting a third cooperative fitting the receiving unit with the base unit to situate the apparatus in the assembled orientation. | 08-28-2008 |
