Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Waddington

Bruce A. Waddington 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 enterprise-wide work flow automation
    Patent number: 7603649
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a enterprise-wide work flow system that may encompass multiple geographically separate sites. The sites may be either permanently or transiently linked. A single computer network may accommodate multiple work flow systems and a single work flow system may be distributed over multiple local area networks. The system maintains the paradigm of one global queue per service and provides for individual work flow systems to export services to one another in an enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luen Kimball Poindexter, Glenn R. Seidman, Stephen R. Timm, Bruce A. Waddington
  • Multilevel queuing system for distributing tasks in an enterprise-wide work flow automation
    Patent number: 7010602
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a enterprise-wide work flow system that may encompass multiple geographically separate sites. The sites may be either permanently or transiently linked. A single computer network may accommodate multiple work flow systems and a single work flow system may be distributed over multiple local area networks. The system maintains the paradigm of one global queue per service and provides for individual work flow systems to export services to one another in an enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Filenet Corporation
    Inventors: Luen Kimball Poindexter, Glenn R. Seidman, Stephen R. Timm, Bruce A. Waddington
  • System for enterprise-wide work flow automation
    Publication number: 20030093458
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a enterprise-wide work flow system that may encompass multiple geographically separate sites. The sites may be either permanently or transiently linked. A single computer network may accommodate multiple work flow systems and a single work flow system may be distributed over multiple local area networks. The system maintains the paradigm of one global queue per service and provides for individual work flow systems to export services to one another in an enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Luen Kimball Poindexter, Glenn R. Seidman, Stephen R. Timm, Bruce A. Waddington
  • System for enterprise-wide work flow automation
    Publication number: 20020059466
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a enterprise-wide work flow system that may encompass multiple geographically separate sites. The sites may be either permanently or transiently linked. A single computer network may accommodate multiple work flow systems and a single work flow system may be distributed over multiple local area networks. The system maintains the paradigm of one global queue per service and provides for individual work flow systems to export services to one another in an enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: FILENET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luen Kimball Poindexter, Glenn R. Seidman, Stephen R. Timm, Bruce A. Waddington
  • System for enterprise-wide work flow automation
    Patent number: 6338074
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a enterprise-wide work flow system that may encompass multiple geographically separate sites. The sites may be either permanently or transiently linked. A single computer network may accommodate multiple work flow systems and a single work flow system may be distributed over multiple local area networks. The system maintains the paradigm of one global queue per service and provides for individual work flow systems to export services to one another in an enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Filenet Corporation
    Inventors: Luen Kimball Poindexter, Glenn R. Seidman, Stephen R. Timm, Bruce A. Waddington