Patents by Inventor Michael L. Dufner

Michael L. Dufner 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).

  • Patent number: 7089583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through a system and method for a business applications server. The automated system of the present invention uses a persistence framework to provide a process for saving and restoring state of business objects and for performing operations thereon, and metadata driven processes to dynamically define class properties and behavior for each class of business object, in order to control the execution of the required tasks with minimum use of redundant data input to the several applications, thereby minimizing the use of hardware resources and user input and programming effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Saba Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurav Mehra, Tejas M. Damania, Rich Ellinger, Deepak Jain, Michael L. Dufner
  • Patent number: 7072934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for integrating disparate business applications, and managing the applications processes in a hardware resource and user effort efficient manner. The automated system of the present invention uses a business systems platform comprised of several unique servers to efficiently manage multiple applications which are themselves generally distributed across a network, and to control the execution of the required tasks with minimum use of redundant data input to the several applications, thereby minimizing the use of hardware resources and user input effort. Business objects are controlled through a persistence framework which is Java, XML and EJB based.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: SABA Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Helgeson, Daniel S. Lipkin, Robert S. Larson, Michael L. Dufner, Gaurav Mehra, Deepak Jain
  • Publication number: 20020049603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through a system and method for a business applications server. The automated system of the present invention uses a persistence framework to provide a process for saving and restoring state of business objects and for performing operations thereon, and metadata driven processes to dynamically define class properties and behavior for each class of business object, in order to control the execution of the required tasks with minimum use of redundant data input to the several applications, thereby minimizing the use of hardware resources and user input and programming effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Gaurav Mehra, Tejas M. Damania, Rich Ellinger, Deepak Jain, Michael L. Dufner
  • Publication number: 20020049788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through a system and method for integrating the disparate platforms and software applications, and dynamic generation of web content in a user effort efficient manner. The system of the present invention uses an Web Content Server to interact with disparate systems and to improve the productivity of building web content. The Web Content Server provides a page engine or platform that separates data production, interaction elements, and display information and maintains these aspects of page production in different files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel S. Lipkin, Michael L. Dufner, Samdor Szego, Robert S. Larson, Michael Hussey, Dharma Widmann
  • Publication number: 20020049749
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for integrating disparate business applications, and managing the applications processes in a hardware resource and user effort efficient manner. The automated system of the present invention uses a business systems platform comprised of several unique servers to efficiently manage multiple applications which are themselves generally distributed across a network, and to control the execution of the required tasks with minimum use of redundant data input to the several applications, thereby minimizing the use of hardware resources and user input effort. Business objects are controlled through a persistence framework which is Java, XML and EJB based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Chris Helgeson, Daniel S. Lipkin, Robert S. Larson, Michael L. Dufner, Gaurav Mehra, Deepak Jain