Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPHER F. MARKES

CHRISTOPHER F. MARKES 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).

  • DERIVING OVERLAY INFORMATION FROM A USER INPUT FOR A BASE MESSAGE SCHEMA ASSOCIATED WITH A NODE IN A MESSAGE FLOW
    Publication number: 20090164593
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program for deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow. The base message schema is presented to the user and has at least one variable portion. A user selection of a variable portion of the base schema is received. The user is then provided with possible overlay schema information for the selected variable portion. A user selection of the schema to be overlaid on the selected variable portion is received. The selected overlay schema is associated with the base schema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: DORIAN BIRSAN, ALLEN V. CHAN, CHRISTOPHER F. MARKES, ROBERT W. PHIPPEN