Patents by Inventor Debbie A. Major

Debbie A. Major 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).

  • Patent number: 6363388
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for managing data having a first database for storing system data, a second database for storing client data and at least one database server to control the first database and the second database. In addition, a first set of objects are linked to the first database through the database server, and a second set of objects are linked to the second database through the database server. Moreover, a set of minions is linked to the second set of objects, an agent manger is linked to the first set of objects and the set of minions, and an interactive manager is linked to the first set of objects, the agent manager and a user application via an inter-process communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: M/A/R/C/ Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff H. Sprenger, George W. Gramley, Debbie A. Major, Richard A. Thompson, Rob Hatcherson, Jeff Croissant
  • Patent number: 6185555
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and computer program for managing data by storing one or more data records in a database, creating a management plan having one or more states, selecting one or more data records from the database and assigning each of the selected data records to an initial state in the management plan, updating the values of the one or more elements of each data record with new data, and moving each selected data record to the next state whenever the trigger value matches the updated value of the trigger element. Each data record has one or more elements. Each state has one or more rules. Each rule has a trigger element, a trigger value and a next state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: M/A/R/C Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff H. Sprenger, George W. Gramley, Debbie A. Major, Richard A. Thompson, Rob Hatcherson
  • Patent number: 6157928
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, computer program and system for managing data. The computer program has at least one code segment to control system data stored in a first database and client data stored in a second database and several code segments that define a first set of objects linked to the first database, a second set of objects linked to the second database, and one or more minions. In addition, there are code segments to allow interaction with one or more agent processes. There is also a code segment to provide an interface between an external application and the code segment to manage the job queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: M/A/R/C Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff H. Sprenger, George W. Gramley, Debbie A. Major, Richard A. Thompson, Rob Hatcherson
  • Patent number: 6029174
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, computer program and system for managing data. The computer program has at least one code segment to control system data stored in a first database and client data stored in a second database and several code segments that define a first set of objects linked to the first database, a second set of objects linked to the second database, and one or more minions. In addition, there are code segments to manage ajob queue, and one or more agent processes. There is also a code segment to provide an interface between a user and the code segment to manage the job queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: M/A/R/C Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff H. Sprenger, George W. Gramley, Debbie A. Major, Richard A. Thompson, Rob Hatcherson