Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Butine

Thomas J. Butine 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).

  • Enterprise multi-program process development and integration process
    Patent number: 8204723
    Abstract: Tools and methods allow an enterprise to define a set of processes and create scenarios which link and integrate combinations of processes. In addition, both processes and scenarios can be categorized, enabling re-use of existing definitions and easing subsequent scenario building. Processes and scenarios both allow variations which are stipulated to have a certain applicability in terms of organizations within the enterprise and time-frame. The variations can be evolved and improved over time via versions. Subsequently designed process scenarios can be tested and released for use in an organization and used to drive work planning, initiation and status reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Butine
  • ENTERPRISE MULTI-PROGRAM PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110153685
    Abstract: Tools and methods allow an enterprise to define a set of processes and create scenarios which link and integrate combinations of processes. In addition, both processes and scenarios can be categorized, enabling re-use of existing definitions and easing subsequent scenario building. Processes and scenarios both allow variations which are stipulated to have a certain applicability in terms of organizations within the enterprise and time-frame. The variations can be evolved and improved over time via versions. Subsequently designed process scenarios can be tested and released for use in an organization and used to drive work planning, initiation and status reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas J. Butine
  • Enterprise multi-program process development and integration process
    Patent number: 7917344
    Abstract: Tools and methods allow an enterprise to define a set of processes and create scenarios which link and integrate combinations of processes. In addition, both processes and scenarios can be categorized, enabling re-use of existing definitions and easing subsequent scenario building. Processes and scenarios both allow variations which are stipulated to have a certain applicability in terms of organizations within the enterprise and time-frame. The variations can be evolved and improved over time via versions. Subsequently designed process scenarios can be tested and released for use in an organization and used to drive work planning, initiation and status reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Butine
  • ENTERPRISE MULTI-PROGRAM PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20070282576
    Abstract: Tools and methods allow an enterprise to define a set of processes and create scenarios which link and integrate combinations of processes. In addition, both processes and scenarios can be categorized, enabling re-use of existing definitions and easing subsequent scenario building. Processes and scenarios both allow variations which are stipulated to have a certain applicability in terms of organizations within the enterprise and time-frame. The variations can be evolved and improved over time via versions. Subsequently designed process scenarios can be tested and released for use in an organization and used to drive work planning, initiation and status reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas J. Butine