Patents by Inventor Alan M. Steele

Alan M. Steele 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: 11741412
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing clients with access to events occurring during execution of defined workflows, such as under the control of a event monitoring service that is available to multiple subscribers, such as over one or more public networks. A configurable workflow service may automatically create events when a defined workflow executes, and, provide the events to the event monitoring service, which may respond to the generated events by taking various actions, such as providing event notifications, initiating workflow instances, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon K. Johnston, Ramanathan Palaniappan, Alan M. Steele
  • Publication number: 20190213510
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing clients with access to events occurring during execution of defined workflows, such as under the control of a event monitoring service that is available to multiple subscribers, such as over one or more public networks. A configurable workflow service may automatically create events when a defined workflow executes, and, provide the events to the event monitoring service, which may respond to the generated events by taking various actions, such as providing event notifications, initiating workflow instances, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Simon K. Johnston, Ramanathan Palaniappan, Alan M. Steele
  • Patent number: 10282689
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing clients with access to events occurring during execution of defined workflows, such as under the control of a event monitoring service that is available to multiple subscribers, such as over one or more public networks. A configurable workflow service may automatically create events when a defined workflow executes, and, provide the events to the event monitoring service, which may respond to the generated events by taking various actions, such as providing event notifications, initiating workflow instances, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon K. Johnston, Ramanathan Palaniappan, Alan M. Steele
  • Patent number: 9170821
    Abstract: A test document associated with a workflow definition is obtained, the test document including an input for an action of the workflow definition and an expected state for the workflow definition based on the input. The input is delivered for the action of a workflow instance, the workflow instance being an instance of the workflow definition executed by a workflow engine, and the action determined based upon a present state of the workflow instance. A next state of the workflow instance is obtained, where the next state is determined by the workflow engine based upon the present state, the action and the input. The next state of the workflow instance is compared to the expected state of the test document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Palaniappan, Gideon Shavit, Alan M. Steele, Simon K. Johnston