Patents by Inventor Eric W. Braman

Eric W. Braman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process
    Patent number: 9454743
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Norwich University Applied Research Institutes
    Inventors: Eric W. Braman, Andrew W. Cutts, Michael Geilich, Dennis McGrath, Eric Richardson, Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Robert Schmidt, Thomas Bernhardt
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING RISK TOLERANCE AND ASSOCIATED ADVERSARY COSTS IN A DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150032501
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Eric W. Braman, Andrew W. Cutts, Michael Geilich, Dennis McGrath, Eric Richardson, Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Robert Schmidt, Thomas Bernhardt
  • Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process
    Patent number: 8862454
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Norwich University Applied Research Institutes
    Inventors: Eric W. Braman, Andrew W. Cutts, Michael Geilich, Dennis McGrath, Eric Richardson, Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Robert Schmidt