Patents by Inventor Blake Payne

Blake Payne 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).

  • Decision management system which searches for strategy components
    Publication number: 20030204426
    Abstract: A computer-implemented, software based, decision management system which automatically searches for a respective strategy component through a strategy to identify where the strategy component is being used in the strategy, and to determine the strategy component's inter-relationships in the strategy. For example, an end user of the system selects a respective strategy component to be searched. A plurality of selectable inquiries are then automatically presented to the end user, where the plurality of selectable inquiries are context sensitive to correspond to the selected strategy component. The end user then selects a respective inquiry. Then, the system automatically searches for the selected strategy component through the strategy in accordance with the selected inquiry to identify where the strategy component is being used in the strategy. The strategy can be searched, for example, by analyzing linked tables of a relational data model for implementing the strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: American Management Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence Honarvar, Steven Fatigante, Blake Payne
  • Decision management system which automatically searches for strategy components in a strategy
    Patent number: 6609120
    Abstract: A computer-implemented, software based, decision management system which automatically searches for a respective strategy component through a strategy to identify where the strategy component is being used in the strategy, and to determine the strategy component's inter-relationships in the strategy. For example, an end user of the system selects a respective strategy component to be searched. A plurality of selectable inquiries are then automatically presented to the end user, where the plurality of selectable inquiries are context sensitive to correspond to the selected strategy component. The end user then selects a respective inquiry. Then, the system automatically searches for the selected strategy component through the strategy in accordance with the selected inquiry to identify where the strategy component is being used in the strategy. The strategy can be searched, for example, by analyzing linked tables of a relational data model for implementing the strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: American Management Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence Honarvar, Steven Fatigante, Blake Payne