Patents by Inventor Heung-Wah Yan

Heung-Wah Yan 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: 7930685
    Abstract: A method and system for exposing a version-independent interface to a computer resource. The interface system exposes a version-independent interface to a computer resource, such as a database or computer program. The interface system also provides a version-dependent interface to the computer resource that is typically not exposed. When the computer resource is modified, the version-dependent interface may be modified, but the version-independent interface might not be modified. When the version-dependent interface is modified, a mapping is generated (in some cases automatically) between the version-independent interface and the version-dependent interface. When an accessing computer program uses the version-independent interface to request services of the computer resource, the system uses the mapping to map the request to a request that is appropriate for the version-dependent interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Fischer, Heung-Wah Yan
  • Patent number: 7685527
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus, method, and article of manufacture for controlling view navigation in a workflow environment are disclosed herein. View navigation is controlled by incorporating and utilizing a user-interact operation in a workflow editing application. A workflow process designer may define the user-interact operation from one or more pre-designed views provided for the particular business objectives associated with the workflow process. In one embodiment, users may be navigated to specific views to gather information necessary to the completion of the workflow process, or to facilitate the processing of information across the workflow process to accomplish the business objectives embodied in the workflow process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Heung-Wah Yan, Daqing Zhang, Duane Wandless
  • Publication number: 20070240046
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus, method, and article of manufacture for controlling view navigation in a workflow environment are disclosed herein. View navigation is controlled by incorporating and utilizing a user-interact operation in a workflow editing application. A workflow process designer may define the user-interact operation from one or more pre-designed views provided for the particular business objectives associated with the workflow process. In one embodiment, users may be navigated to specific views to gather information necessary to the completion of the workflow process, or to facilitate the processing of information across the workflow process to accomplish the business objectives embodied in the workflow process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Heung-Wah Yan, Daqing Zhang, Duane Wandless
  • Publication number: 20070011653
    Abstract: A method and system for exposing a version-independent interface to a computer resource. The interface system exposes a version-independent interface to a computer resource, such as a database or computer program. The interface system also provides a version-dependent interface to the computer resource that is typically not exposed. When the computer resource is modified, the version-dependent interface may be modified, but the version-independent interface might not be modified. When the version-dependent interface is modified, a mapping is generated (in some cases automatically) between the version-independent interface and the version-dependent interface. When an accessing computer program uses the version-independent interface to request services of the computer resource, the system uses the mapping to map the request to a request that is appropriate for the version-dependent interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffrey Fischer, Heung-Wah Yan
  • Patent number: 7107594
    Abstract: A method and system for exposing a version-independent interface to a computer resource. The interface system exposes a version-independent interface to a computer resource, such as a database or computer program. The interface system also provides a version-dependent interface to the computer resource that is typically not exposed. When the computer resource is modified, the version-dependent interface may be modified, but the version-independent interface might not be modified. When the version-dependent interface is modified, a mapping is generated (in some cases automatically) between the version-independent interface and the version-dependent interface. When an accessing computer program uses the version-independent interface to request services of the computer resource, the system uses the mapping to map the request to a request that is appropriate for the version-dependent interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Fischer, Heung-Wah Yan