Patents by Inventor Charles E. Thurston

Charles E. Thurston 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).

  • Apparatus and method for content and context processing of web service traffic
    Patent number: 7549153
    Abstract: A method of supplementing the operations performed by a web service includes operating an autonomous software agent. The autonomous software agent receives a request directed to a web service and identifies a web service input operation associated with the request. The web service input operation is associated with a set of input actions. The input actions are executed prior to directing the request to web service. The autonomous software agent may also receive a response from the web service. A web service output operation associated with the response is identified. The web service output operation is associated with a set of output actions. The output actions are executed prior to directing the response to a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Amberpoint, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Butterworth, Frederick H. Carter, Joseph R. Cortopassi, Michael S. Schilling, Charles E. Thurston, Mark T. Wallace
  • Apparatus and method for content and context processing of web service traffic
    Publication number: 20040133656
    Abstract: A method of supplementing the operations performed by a web service includes operating an autonomous software agent. The autonomous software agent receives a request directed to a web service and identifies a web service input operation associated with the request. The web service input operation is associated with a set of input actions. The input actions are executed prior to directing the request to web service. The autonomous software agent may also receive a response from the web service. A web service output operation associated with the response is identified. The web service output operation is associated with a set of output actions. The output actions are executed prior to directing the response to a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Paul E. Butterworth, Frederick H. Carter, Joseph R. Cortopassi, Michael S. Schilling, Charles E. Thurston, Mark T. Wallace