Patents by Inventor Bryon K. Propst

Bryon K. Propst 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).

  • Enterlink for providing a federated business to business system that interconnects applications of multiple companies
    Patent number: 7231433
    Abstract: The present invention, sometimes called Enterlink, for the first time provides a federated system with state that interconnects applications of multiple companies. The Enterlink connects participant companies and applications, through the Enterlink bus, with each other and with consolidated data stores, third party services, core services, public process applications, and private process applications. The Enterlink bus uses, for the first time, metachannels, a metachannel engine and a metachannel repository Connectors connect the Enterlink public process applications and the company private I process applications with the bus. The invention can be applied to the automotive retail industry, among others. The Enterlink applications, core applications, and bus, may be operated as a service to company participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Reynolds and Reynolds Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark H. Hellbusch, Bryon K. Propst, Girish U. Balsavar, Robert G. Schaefer, Harsh Wardhan
  • Enterlink for providing a federated business to business system that interconnects applications of multiple companies
    Patent number: 6647420
    Abstract: The present invention, sometimes called Enterlink, for the first time provides a federated system with state that interconnects applications of multiple companies. The Enterlink connects participant companies and applications, through the Enterlink bus, with each other and with consolidated data stores, third party services, core services, public process applications, and private process applications. The Enterlink bus uses, for the first time, metachannels, a metachannel engine and a metachannel repository. Connectors connect the Enterlink public process applications and the company private process applications with the bus. The invention can be applied to the automotive retail industry, among others. The Enterlink applications, core applications, and bus, may be operated as a service to company participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Reynolds and Reynolds Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark H. Hellbusch, Bryon K. Propst, Girish U. Balsavar
  • Enterlink
    Publication number: 20020095321
    Abstract: The present invention, sometimes called Enterlink, for the first time provides a federated system with state that interconnects applications of multiple companies. The Enterlink connects participant companies and applications, through the Enterlink bus, with each other and with consolidated data stores, third party services, core services, public process applications, and private process applications. The Enterlink bus uses, for the first time, metachannels, a metachannel engine and a metachannel repository. Connectors connect the Enterlink public process applications and the company private process applications with the bus. The invention can be applied to the automotive retail industry, among others. The Enterlink applications, core applications, and bus, may be operated as a service to company participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Mark H. Hellbusch, Bryon K. Propst, Girish U. Balsavar