Patents by Inventor Michael Kavanagh Smith

Michael Kavanagh Smith 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).

  • Conceptual services implementation platform
    Patent number: 9589037
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to computing methods and applications. A service platform includes standard functionalities that can be used in different applications, such as composite applications. The service platform includes a database that stores application specific information, which is mapped to the standard functionalities. To use these functionalities, different applications initialize relevant parts of the database and use predefined standards to access these functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Joe Robert Hill, Steven H Marney, Michael Kavanagh Smith, Sumit Bandyopadhyay
  • Automated contract management
    Patent number: 9189741
    Abstract: A system for automated contract management includes a computing device (102) and a memory storing program instructions that when executed by computing device (102). The program instructions cause the computing device (102) to generate an ontology (115) of terms and cross-contractual relationships in contracts (105, 110) and machine interpretable terms (120) and cross-contractual relationships (125) derived from the contracts (105, 110) with reference to the ontology (115). A method for automated contract management is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sven Graupner, Edward S. Reynolds, Julio Guijarro, Amitay Korn, Michael Kavanagh Smith
  • AUTOMATED CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20130246326
    Abstract: A system for automated contract management includes a computing device (102) and a memory storing program instructions that when executed by computing device (102). The program instructions cause the computing device (102) to generate an ontology (115) of terms and cross-contractual relationships in contracts (105, 110) and machine interpretable terms (120) and cross-contractual relationships (125) derived from the contracts (105, 110) with reference to the ontology (115). A method for automated contract management is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Sven Graupner, Edward S. Reynolds, Julio Guijarro, Amitay Korn, Michael Kavanagh Smith
  • MANAGING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS USING A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE
    Publication number: 20120035942
    Abstract: A third-party service relationship may be established between a service consumer, a service provider, and a third-party service using a service relationship management server. The service consumer and service provider can have a primary service relationship. The primary service relationship may be managed using the service relationship management server. Service relationship information related to the primary service relationship can be received in a database in communication with the service relationship management server. The primary service relationship can be modified using the third-party service and based on the service relationship information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Sven Graupner, Julio Guijarro, Amitay Korn, Edward S. Reynolds, Michael Kavanagh Smith