Patents by Inventor Lawrence Beck

Lawrence Beck 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).

  • Action console framework
    Patent number: 8700439
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method includes an action manager to receive a manual action selected by a user and an action console coupled to the action manager to present via the action console a user interface specific to the manual action selected by the user. The apparatus, system and method display a directory having one or more manual actions to a user, receives a selection identifying a manual action from the user; and submits the identified manual action to an automated workflow process to execute the identified manual action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Morgan Stanley
    Inventors: Andrew R. Lowry, Lawrence Beck, Sanjaya Wickramasinghe, John Perkoff, Ming Infante, Anthony Oricoli
  • Workflow and exception system
    Patent number: 8341645
    Abstract: An exception management system comprising a centralized exception engine for processing exception messages from a plurality of source systems across a firm (or enterprise) and for generating workflow items where needed from the exception messages. The centralized exception engine may comprise an exception backbone that receives the exception messages from the source systems and processes the exception messages based on business rules. The exception messages may adhere to an exception message definition format. Users may access the exception information via a user interface. The exception engine may send alerts to certain users in certain circumstances based on the business rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Morgan Stanley
    Inventors: David Oxenstierna, Denise Sommerville, William Vaughan, Peter Zope, Alfred Short, John Hendy, Raju Patel, Lawrence Beck
  • Action console framework
    Publication number: 20070124361
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method includes an action manager to receive a manual action selected by a user and an action console coupled to the action manager to present via the action console a user interface specific to the manual action selected by the user. The apparatus, system and method display a directory having one or more manual actions to a user, receives a selection identifying a manual action from the user; and submits the identified manual action to an automated workflow process to execute the identified manual action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Andrew Lowry, Lawrence Beck, Sanjaya Wickramasinghe, John Perkoff, Ming Infante, Anthony Oricoli