Patents by Inventor Duane A. Harmon

Duane A. Harmon 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: 20140244539
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for identifying a first process template associated with a first business process, and modifying an arrangement of the first process template based on user input to obtain a second process template. The second process template may be associated with a second business process. In one example, a validation of the second process template is conducted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Harmon, Richard J. Kezys, Bertrand H. Portier, Michael G. Steele
  • Publication number: 20140244538
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for identifying a first process template associated with a first business process, and modifying an arrangement of the first process template based on user input to obtain a second process template. The second process template may be associated with a second business process. In one example, a validation of the second process template is conducted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Duane A. Harmon, Richard J. Kezys, Bertrand H. Portier, Michael G. Steele
  • Publication number: 20050085942
    Abstract: Inventory control devices and methods for controlling the inventory of a data storage system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the inventory control device comprises a latch positioned in relation to an access device of a data storage system so that opening the access device causes the latch to move from a first position to a second position, a sensor to sense a latch state indicating the position of the latch, and control logic communicatively coupled to the sensor to cause the data storage system to inventory one or more storage locations associated with the access device if the sensor indicates the latch is in the second position and to cause the data storage system to not inventory the one or more storage locations if the sensor indicates the latch is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Kelly Reasoner, Duane Harmon, Gregg Schmidtke
  • Publication number: 20050060060
    Abstract: Inventory control devices and methods for controlling the inventory of a data storage system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the inventory control device comprises a sensor to sense a position of an access device of a data storage system, the access device having an open position and a closed position, a circuit communicatively coupled to the sensor to output a circuit state indicating if the access device was opened while the data storage system was shut down, and control logic communicatively coupled to the circuit to cause the data storage system to inventory one or more storage locations associated with the access device only if the circuit state indicates the access device was opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kelly Reasoner, Duane Harmon, Robert Bohl