Patents by Inventor Raymond Sandfoss

Raymond Sandfoss 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).

  • Methodology for mapping use cases to operations for operational profile development
    Patent number: 6385763
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for mapping use cases to an operational profiles. Initiators of operations in the operational profile may be identified from the actors of the use case model. A list of operations for the operational profile is created from the use cases of the use case model. Occurrence rates corresponding to the operations on the list of operations are obtained. Based on the occurrence rates of all the operations considered, the occurrence probabilities of the operations are calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Steven Meyer, Raymond Sandfoss