Patents by Inventor Timothy Brookins

Timothy Brookins 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).

  • Integration of process and workflows into a business application framework
    Publication number: 20070061776
    Abstract: Process is integrated into a business application framework on which the process is built. The same programming model used by the framework is used for managing data operated on by the process and for interacting with and controlling the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Ryan, Jerald Noll, Steven Anonsen, Timothy Brookins
  • Model for process and workflows
    Publication number: 20070038492
    Abstract: A process is modeled in such a way that an interface to the process, or an abstract representation of the process, is separate from workflow implementations of the process. Process patterns can be captured, and customizations to a base process can be made as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Ryan, Jerald Noll, Steven Anonsen, Timothy Brookins
  • Customization of process logic in a software system
    Publication number: 20060195453
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates customization of a process in a software system without modifying the process source code. The process can be customized by customizing a metadata description of the process, by handing the process agent a customized service identifier or by handling an event propagated by the process agent or its service factory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Plaisted, Michael Morel, Richard Mortensen, Douglas Mortensen, Jeffery Pinkston, Steven Anonsen, Timothy Brookins
  • Method and system for managing long running transactions
    Publication number: 20050261914
    Abstract: A method and system for managing long-running transactions using business activities. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, one or more business activities can include business operations that span more than one physical database. Business activities are related to a logical transaction such that transaction management is effected for transactions that span multiple physical databases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Brookins