Patents by Inventor Richard Messmer

Richard Messmer 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).

  • Publication number: 20070288212
    Abstract: The invention discloses simulation of a process of discrete events or tasks having a plurality of available resources associated therewith. A database stores a plurality of models, each including a plurality of one or more entity, task, and resource parameter, and dependencies and relationships. A model application communicates with the database and is configured to receive commands from a user, to retrieve one of the plurality of models and the corresponding plurality of one or more entity, task, and resource parameter in response to a user command, to receive input data corresponding to one or more entity, task, and resource parameter from a business database system, and to generate a simulation model based on the business database system and the input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Messmer, Dan Yang, Christopher Johnson, Brian Dingman
  • Publication number: 20060143029
    Abstract: A system for representing information and decision flow requirements in a transactional business process is provided. The system comprises an information gathering object and a decision object. The information gathering object represents a piece of information used in the transactional business system and the decision object represents a satisfying condition for achieving an objective associated with the transactional business system. The system further comprises one or more information channels that link the information gathering objects to the one or more decision objects. The information channels represent the information and decision flow requirements within the transactional business system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Kunter Akbay, Richard Messmer, Christopher Johnson, Angela Patterson, Navneet Kapoor, Marc Pavese, Peter Kalish
  • Publication number: 20060080326
    Abstract: A method for reengineering of a business process. The method includes extracting baseline information requirements of at least one business process, wherein the step of extracting includes interviewing a process owner of each of the sub-processes of the business process based on a predetermined questionnaire and quantifying information requirements of each of the sub-processes of the business process based on the questionnaire. The method also includes displaying the baseline information requirements in a predetermined matrix structure and prioritizing opportunities for removing information bottlenecks in the at least one business process using the predetermined matrix structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Kunter Akbay, Richard Messmer, Christopher Johnson, Navneet Kapoor, Marc Pavese