Patents by Inventor Mark J. F. Allen

Mark J. F. Allen 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).

  • Business rules user interface for development of adaptable enterprise applications
    Patent number: 7020869
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for interacting with a user to define business rules in a declarative manner. The invention operates to display a rule set as an editable list of conditions and an editable list of actions, the conditions and actions being linked to each other by the combination of an editable list of if-values and an editable list of then-values, wherein if-values and then-values are explicitly linked to each other, conditions and if-values are explicitly linked to each other, and then-values and actions are explicitly linked to each other in the displayed lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Corticon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedram Abrari, Mark J. F. Allen
  • Business rules user inerface for development of adaptable enterprise applications
    Publication number: 20020120917
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for interacting with a user to define business rules in a declarative manner. The invention operates to display a rule set as an editable list of conditions and an editable list of actions, the conditions and actions being linked to each other by the combination of an editable list of if-values and an editable list of then-values, wherein if-values and then-values are explicitly linked to each other, conditions and if-values are explicitly linked to each other, and then-values and actions are explicitly linked to each other in the displayed lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Pedram Abrari, Mark J.F. Allen