Patents by Inventor John G. Walsh

John G. Walsh 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).

  • Method for visually programming instruction set for process
    Patent number: 7320016
    Abstract: A method for visually programming an instruction set for a process is proposed. The method is based on receiving a request to design the process, providing a process designer interactive display, storing a library containing at least one function, accepting via the process designer interactive display function-related information concerning the function, outputting via the process designer interactive display a graphical representation of the function-related information, and generating the instruction set for the process based upon the function and the function-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Data Quality Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Walsh, Jeremy Walsh
  • Method and system for managing a plurality of enterprise business systems
    Patent number: 7246144
    Abstract: An enterprise business process management system and method for definition and execution of business processes formed from portions of one or more business applications present in an enterprise. The enterprise business process management system includes a server, a router, and an interface for defining and executing such business processes. A data quality business process detects, corrects, analyzes, and reports quantitative and qualitative characteristics of application data and transactional data present in the enterprise. An interface module is provided by which a user may select and define function definition information for a business process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Data Quality Solutions
    Inventors: John G Walsh, Jeremy Walsh
  • Method and system for enterprise business process management
    Patent number: 6920474
    Abstract: An enterprise business process management system and method for definition and execution of business processes formed from portions of one or more business applications present in an enterprise. The enterprise business process management system includes a server, a router, and an interface for defining and executing such business processes. A data quality business process detects, corrects, analyzes, and reports quantitative and qualitative characteristics of application data and transactional data present in the enterprise. An interface module is provided by which a user may select and define function definition information for a business process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Data Quality Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Walsh, Jeremy M. Walsh
  • Method and system for enterprise business process management
    Publication number: 20030233249
    Abstract: An enterprise business process management system and method for definition and execution of business processes formed from portions of one or more business applications present in an enterprise. The enterprise business process management system includes a server, a router, and an interface for defining and executing such business processes. A data quality business process detects, corrects, analyzes, and reports quantitative and qualitative characteristics of application data and transactional data present in the enterprise. An interface module is provided by which a user may select and define function definition information for a business process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: John G. Walsh, Jeremy M. Walsh
  • Apparatus for receiving empty beverage cans
    Patent number: 4620681
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for receiving empty beverage cans is disclosed in which a bag (42, 44) has a plurality of closure bands (48) positioned about the periphery of its mouth (46), and an annular support member (10-18) has a plurality of corners (20) provided with downwardly curved, essentially U-shaped slits (36, 38, 40) extending through the thickness of the annular member on each side of the corners, whereby the closure bands of the bag may be drawn over the upper edge of the annular member and slipped into and upward within one of the slits to cause the ends of the slits to grip the closure bands on each side of the corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Inventors: Ellis J. Staley, III, John G. Walsh, III