Patents by Inventor William Eidson

William Eidson 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).

  • Patent number: 8473453
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) displays a flow of activities of a business process, including any portion thereof from which capture of data is permitted. The GUI receives, in an operation, at least an indication of a business process portion from which data is to be captured (“sensor”), an identification of an endpoint to which captured data is to be transferred, and a type of the endpoint which identifies (through a mapping) a predetermined software. A sensor may be added any number of times (through a single GUI or though multiple GUIs) by repeatedly performing the operation. Also, a given sensor may be associated with multiple endpoints. Computer(s) executing the business process check whether or not a sensor is present, on execution of the business process portion, and if present, then execute the corresponding predetermined software(s) to transfer data from the sensor directly to the respective endpoint(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Kireet M. Reddy, Bhagat V. Nainani, William Eidson, Edwin Khodabakchian, Weigun Mi
  • Publication number: 20090177985
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) displays a flow of activities of a business process, including any portion thereof from which capture of data is permitted. The GUI receives, in an operation, at least an indication of a business process portion from which data is to be captured (“sensor”), an identification of an endpoint to which captured data is to be transferred, and a type of the endpoint which identifies (through a mapping) a predetermined software. A sensor may be added any number of times (through a single GUI or though multiple GUIs) by repeatedly performing the operation. Also, a given sensor may be associated with multiple endpoints. Computer(s) executing the business process check whether or not a sensor is present, on execution of the business process portion, and if present, then execute the corresponding predetermined software(s) to transfer data from the sensor directly to the respective endpoint(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Kireet M. Reddy, Bhagat V. Nainani, William Eidson, Edwin Khodabakchian, Weigun Mi
  • Patent number: 7499951
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) displays a flow of activities of a business process, including any portion thereof from which capture of data is permitted. The GUI receives, in an operation, at least an indication of a business process portion from which data is to be captured (“sensor”), an identification of an endpoint to which captured data is to be transferred, and a type of the endpoint which identifies (through a mapping) a predetermined software. A sensor may be added any number of times (through a single GUI or though multiple GUIs) by repeatedly performing the operation. Also, a given sensor may be associated with multiple endpoints. Computer(s) executing the business process check whether or not a sensor is present, on execution of the business process portion, and if present, then execute the corresponding predetermined software(s) to transfer data from the sensor directly to the respective endpoint(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Kireet M. Reddy, Bhagat V. Nainani, William Eidson, Edwin Khodabakchian, Weigun Mi
  • Publication number: 20080010243
    Abstract: Mechanisms and methods for pushing data to a plurality of devices of a plurality of organizations are provided. Queries are handled in bulk for a group of users of an organization or the entire organization, and limited results are sent to a middle tier server between the database system and the user devices. These mechanisms and methods for pushing data to a plurality of devices enable an efficient and transparent transfer of data to user devices. This efficient and transparent transfer of data can enable mobile devices of many organizations to seamlessly have the data that is required to perform business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, William Eidson, Erik Forsberg, Deepak Kothule
  • Publication number: 20070118386
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) displays a flow of activities of a business process, including any portion thereof from which capture of data is permitted. The GUI receives, in an operation, at least an indication of a business process portion from which data is to be captured (“sensor”), an identification of an endpoint to which captured data is to be transferred, and a type of the endpoint which identifies (through a mapping) a predetermined software. A sensor may be added any number of times (through a single GUI or though multiple GUIs) by repeatedly performing the operation. Also, a given sensor may be associated with multiple endpoints. Computer(s) executing the business process check whether or not a sensor is present, on execution of the business process portion, and if present, then execute the corresponding predetermined software(s) to transfer data from the sensor directly to the respective endpoint(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Kireet Reddy, Bhagat Nainani, William Eidson, Edwin Khodabakchian, Weiqun Mi