Patents by Inventor Jim Vanderwall

Jim Vanderwall 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).

  • Operational system for operating on client defined rules
    Publication number: 20030163472
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a computational system implemented with respect to a novel computational architecture for operating an externally-defined data based on client-defined rules. In one of the implementations, the architecture is utilized in a billing and customer service program. The architecture includes a engine unit which includes a number of processing modules which internally operate on generic data units that are independent of the particular application. a metadata engine receives externally-defined data and relates the externally-defined data and the relates the externally-defined data to the generic data units for use for the engine unit. a rules-based engine provides to the engine unit information related to the client defined rules. In this manner, the engine unit can be reused in a large part in a variety of different environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce Hartley, Frank Ricotta, Jim Vanderwall, Tony Locke, Tony Perkins, Rodney Brown
  • Operational system for operating on client defined rules
    Patent number: 6532465
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a computational system implemented with respect to a novel computational architecture for operating an externally-defined data based on client-defined rules. In one of the implementations, the architecture is utilized in a billing and customer service program. The architecture includes a engine unit which includes a number of processing modules which internally operate on generic data units that are independent of the particular application. A metadata engine receives externally-defined data and relates the externally-defined data and the relates the externally-defined data to the generic data units for use for the engine unit. A rules-based engine provides to the engine unit information related to the client defined rules. In this manner, the engine unit can be reused in a large part in a variety of different environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce Hartley, Frank Ricotta, Jim Vanderwall, Tony Locke, Tony Perkins, Rodney Brown
  • Operational system for operating on client defined rules
    Publication number: 20010032207
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a computational system implemented with respect to a novel computational architecture for operating an externally-defined data based on client-defined rules. In one of the implementations, the architecture is utilized in a billing and customer service program. The architecture includes a engine unit which includes a number of processing modules which internally operate on generic data units that are independent of the particular application. a metadata engine receives externally-defined data and relates the externally-defined data and the relates the externally-defined data to the generic data units for use for the engine unit. a rules-based engine provides to the engine unit information related to the client defined rules. In this manner, the engine unit can be reused in a large part in a variety of different environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Bruce Hartley, Frank Ricotta, Jim Vanderwall, Tony Locke, Tony Perkins, Rodney Brown