Patents by Inventor Bryan A. Hogan

Bryan A. Hogan 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).

  • Publication number: 20160063636
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods facilitate electronic medical insurance transactions by using a predictive model to predict errors prior to transmitting submissions to clearinghouses and/or insurance companies. A predictive model may be built using historical electronic medical insurance transaction data, which may include information from previous submissions and the responses (i.e., successful or error). The predictive model may be used to check submissions for electronic medical insurance transactions prior to transmitting the submissions to clearinghouses and/or insurance companies. As such, if an error response is predicted for a submission, an indication may be provided to a user entering the submission such that the user may make corrections and improve the likelihood of receiving a successful response for the electronic medical insurance transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: DANIEL MARTIN FEIMSTER, BRETT RICHARD WHISLER, CHRISTOPHER BRYAN HOGAN, THOMAS OLIVER TWAIT, KEVIN PATRICK POMORSKI
  • Patent number: 7475145
    Abstract: A method for dynamically invoking a Web service. The method can include assembling a collection of references to remote implementations of the Web service based upon a common port type. One or more ports bound to the remote implementations of the Web service can be identified, and a set of port selection rules can be applied to the identified ports to select a particular one of the ports. Finally, the Web service can be invoked through the selected port. Notably, the identifying step can include parsing a Web service implementation document for each referenced remote implementation in the collection. The parsing can produce a list of ports through which the remote implementations can be invoked. Also, the method can further include compiling the set of port selection rules according to at least one of high-availability concerns, quality of service concerns and economic concerns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul K. Blizniak, Bryan A. Hogan, Mark D. Weitzel
  • Patent number: 7290262
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus that, upon receipt of a Web service deployment artifact, attempts to determine a deployment strategy for the Web service and deploy the Web service using that strategy. The invention stores a plurality of deployment strategies and corresponding deployment identifiers. When it receives a deployment artifact, it checks if it is a recognized deployment descriptor object that is registered with it as a deployment identifier, and, if so, runs the corresponding deployment strategy to deploy the Web service. If this scheme does not work, it tries a second scheme in which it assumes that the artifact is a URL or URI character string and attempts to parse the artifact to determine the extension of the provided resource and use it as its deployment identifier. If it determines and recognizes the extension, it attempts to deploy the Web service utilizing the deployment strategy that it has registered as corresponding to that extension/identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation
    Inventors: Paul K. Blizniak, Bryan A. Hogan, Mark Douglas Weitzel
  • Publication number: 20030220993
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus that, upon receipt of a Web service deployment artifact, attempts to determine a deployment strategy for the Web service and deploy the Web service using that strategy. The invention stores a plurality of deployment strategies and corresponding deployment identifiers. When it receives a deployment artifact, it checks if it is a recognized deployment descriptor object that is registered with it as a deployment identifier, and, if so, runs the corresponding deployment strategy to deploy the Web service. If this scheme does not work, it tries a second scheme in which it assumes that the artifact is a URL or URI character string and attempts to parse the artifact to determine the extension of the provided resource and use it as its deployment identifier. If it determines and recognizes the extension, it attempts to deploy the Web service utilizing the deployment strategy that it has registered as corresponding to that extension/identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Paul K. Blizniak, Bryan A. Hogan, Mark Douglas Weitzel
  • Publication number: 20030204622
    Abstract: A method for dynamically invoking a Web service. The method can include assembling a collection of references to remote implementations of the Web service based upon a common port type. One or more ports bound to the remote implementations of the Web service can be identified, and a set of port selection rules can be applied to the identified ports to select a particular one of the ports. Finally, the Web service can be invoked through the selected port. Notably, the identifying step can include parsing a Web service implementation document for each referenced remote implementation in the collection. The parsing can produce a list of ports through which the remote implementations can be invoked. Also, the method can further include compiling the set of port selection rules according to at least one of high-availability concerns, quality of service concerns and economic concerns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul K. Blizniak, Bryan A. Hogan, Mark D. Weitzel