Patents by Inventor Michael Lackerbauer

Michael Lackerbauer 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).

  • In-flight process instance migration between business process execution language (BPEL) suites
    Patent number: 9116777
    Abstract: A method for performing process instance migration between a source workflow environment and a target workflow environment is provided. The method includes a server computing system, exporting a source workflow environment to a target workflow environment. The method further includes the server computing system, migrating process instances from the source workflow environment to the target workflow environment. The method further includes, if a jump function of the target workflow environment is restricted to an activity sequence, a target computing system of the target workflow environment, adjusting the exported process models. The method further includes the target computing system, initializing another process instance, from the exported process models in the target workflow environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Plamen Kiradjiev, Dieter Koenig, Michael Lackerbauer, Michael Redert