Patents by Inventor Judd Thomas Rogers

Judd Thomas Rogers 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).

  • Project management tool implementing authority for a people oriented work environment tool
    Patent number: 5671360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently representing, maintaining and managing a project and enclosed lifecycles in a data processing system used to support a people-oriented work environment. An object-oriented language environment is utilized to represent projects, processes, states, transitions, users, authority and activities as objects. Process objects inherit from project objects. State objects inherit from process objects. Authority objects inherit from project objects. Transition objects inherit from state objects. This system allows for the insertion of an ad hoc process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Martin Hambrick, Judd Thomas Rogers