Patents by Inventor Robert van Glabbeek

Robert van Glabbeek 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).

  • Document controlled workflow systems and methods
    Patent number: 7120699
    Abstract: The document controlled workflow techniques are provided that can be represented by refinable Petri nets. A document may contain a control code that indicates to the document controlled workflow system to implement specified operations (i.e., functions) at a refinable place. The operations implemented at the refinable place are determined by the control code in the document. An author of the document can customize a document controlled workflow system of the present invention by entering a control code into a document that triggers the implementation of operations customized to that particular document at a refinable place in the document workflow system. The operations specified by a control code in a document can be represented by a refinement network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: David G. Stork, Robert van Glabbeek
  • Document controlled workflow systems and methods
    Publication number: 20030055811
    Abstract: The document controlled workflow techniques are provided that can be represented by refinable Petri nets. A document may contain a control code that indicates to the document controlled workflow system to implement specified operations (i.e., functions) at a refinable place. The operations implemented at the refinable place are determined by the control code in the document. An author of the document can customize a document controlled workflow system of the present invention by entering a control code into a document that triggers the implementation of operations customized to that particular document at a refinable place in the document workflow system. The operations specified by a control code in a document can be represented by a refinement network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: David G. Stork, Robert van Glabbeek