Patents by Inventor Bob Homan

Bob Homan 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).

  • System for integrating data among heterogeneous systems
    Patent number: 6308178
    Abstract: A system for integrating data among heterogeneous source applications and destination applications including a knowledge repository containing temporary data storage for storing data from the source applications during processing for population in the destination applications, a library of data elements each providing a discrete data manipulation friction, configuration data storage for storing user-provided information describing the integration environment, and a plurality of add-on modules or cartridges which each include a plurality of predefined instruction sets defining chains of data elements to perform interface functions corresponding to a particular destination application. The underlying interface communication and processing functions are performed by an active component (or engine) according to the configuration data and the module instruction sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Darc Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Pei Chang, Brian J. Connolly, Eric Blackledge, Robert John Hoffman, Bob Homan, Klaus Schulz