Patents by Inventor Kevin D. Sagis

Kevin D. Sagis 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).

  • System and method for testing a modification to a process using a simulator
    Patent number: 7607045
    Abstract: A method of testing a process that has undergone modification. The process consists of multiple steps, and execution of the process involves interaction with multiple interfacing systems. A step consists of, e.g., sending a transmission to an interfacing system. The process is executed in normal fashion by sending transmissions to interfacing systems and obtaining responses to the transmissions from the interfacing systems. The transmissions and the responses thereto obtained from the interfacing systems are stored in a simulator. After the process is modified by modifying a step of the process, the modified process is executed in such a manner that transmissions are sent to the simulator rather than to the interfacing systems. The simulator sends responses to the transmissions. It is determined whether the responses received from the simulator are the expected responses, based on the modification made to the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy S. Mills, Ronald E. Dressler, Kevin D. Sagis, Rajesh Sugumaran, Jayjit Das
  • Testing system, testing apparatus and method of testing
    Publication number: 20080155334
    Abstract: A method of testing a process that has undergone modification. The process consists of multiple steps, and execution of the process involves interaction with multiple interfacing systems. A step consists of, e.g., sending a transmission to an interfacing system. The process is executed in normal fashion by sending transmissions to interfacing systems and obtaining responses to the transmissions from the interfacing systems. The transmissions and the responses thereto obtained from the interfacing systems are stored in a simulator. After the process is modified by modifying a step of the process, the modified process is executed in such a manner that transmissions are sent to the simulator rather than to the interfacing systems. The simulator sends responses to the transmissions. It is determined whether the responses received from the simulator are the expected responses, based on the modification made to the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Randy S. Mills, Ronald E. Dressler, Kevin D. Sagis, Rajesh Sugumaran, Jayjit Das