Patents by Inventor George P. Lucas

George P. Lucas 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: 20030083915
    Abstract: A method of developing a process includes generating a prototype workflow of the process, evaluating the prototype workflow of the process, and generating a Process Development Process (PDP) workflow and populating a PDP toolkit using a result of the evaluation of the prototype workflow. A Process Development Process (PDP) template for developing a process includes a PDP workflow and a PDP toolkit for facilitating the generation of a workflow of the process during execution of the PDP workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Diego Guicciardi, George P. Lucas
  • Publication number: 20030083923
    Abstract: A method of enabling an enterprise for collaboration includes evaluating the enterprise for collaborative potential, selecting a first process of the enterprise using a first result of the evaluation of the enterprise, generating a first Collaboration-Enabled Process (CEP) using the first process if the first process satisfies a first criteria, generating a first Virtual Collaborative Community (VCC) using a first plurality of employees of the enterprise, and executing the first CEP using the VCC, wherein a first member and a second member of the first plurality of employees collaborate in executing the first CEP by communicating via a first virtual hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Diego Guicciardi, George P. Lucas, Jean-Claude Hujeux