Patents by Inventor Patrick Michael Conroy

Patrick Michael Conroy 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: 8560362
    Abstract: A method for managing a business process in an enterprise includes executing a business process model, wherein executing the business process model comprises generating a plurality of business level messages associated with business level tasks, generating one or more system level messages associated with system level tasks to be performed by one or more enterprise subsystems, wherein the one or more system level messages are in a common format that is accessible by the one or more enterprise subsystems, and broadcasting the one or more system level messages over a communication channel communicably coupling the plurality of enterprise subsystems. A system includes a communication channel carrying system level messages in a generic format, a plurality of business subsystems communicably coupled to the communication channel, adapters operable to translate messages from the generic format into associated business subsystem specific formats and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Conroy, Jay Miller, Edward C. Ericson, Steven Rdzak, John Andrew Huth, Chris Swift, Douglas E. Neufel
  • Publication number: 20130066685
    Abstract: A method for managing a business process in an enterprise includes executing a business process model, wherein executing the business process model comprises generating a plurality of business level messages associated with business level tasks, generating one or more system level messages associated with system level tasks to be performed by one or more enterprise subsystems, wherein the one or more system level messages are in a common format that is accessible by the one or more enterprise subsystems, and broadcasting the one or more system level messages over a communication channel communicably coupling the plurality of enterprise subsystems. A system includes a communication channel carrying system level messages in a generic format, a plurality of business subsystems communicably coupled to the communication channel, adapters operable to translate messages from the generic format into associated business subsystem specific formats and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Conroy, Jay Miller, Edward C. Ericson, Steven Rdzak, John Andrew Huth, Chris Swift, Douglas E. Neufel
  • Patent number: 8265970
    Abstract: A method for managing a business process in an enterprise includes executing a business process model, wherein executing the business process model comprises generating a plurality of business level messages associated with business level tasks, generating one or more system level messages associated with system level tasks to be performed by one or more enterprise subsystems, wherein the one or more system level messages are in a common format that is accessible by the one or more enterprise subsystems, and broadcasting the one or more system level messages over a communication channel communicably coupling the plurality of enterprise subsystems. A system includes a communication channel carrying system level messages in a generic format, a plurality of business subsystems communicably coupled to the communication channel, adapters operable to translate messages from the generic format into associated business subsystem specific formats and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Conroy, Jay Miller, Edward C. Ericson, Steven Rdzak, John Andrew Huth, Chris Swift, Douglas E. Naufel
  • Publication number: 20080306751
    Abstract: A method for managing a business process in an enterprise includes executing a business process model, wherein executing the business process model comprises generating a plurality of business level messages associated with business level tasks, generating one or more system level messages associated with system level tasks to be performed by one or more enterprise subsystems, wherein the one or more system level messages are in a common format that is accessible by the one or more enterprise subsystems, and broadcasting the one or more system level messages over a communication channel communicably coupling the plurality of enterprise subsystems. A system includes a communication channel carrying system level messages in a generic format, a plurality of business subsystems communicably coupled to the communication channel, adapters operable to translate messages from the generic format into associated business subsystem specific formats and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Conroy, Jay Miller, Edward C. Ericson, Steven Rdzak, John Andrew Huth, Chris Swift, Douglas E. Naufel