Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Thomas
Robert Edward Thomas 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).
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Patent number: 11169903Abstract: Embodiments are directed to performing risk-based software validation and to applying change control when upgrading a software application. In one scenario, a computer system calculates a risk score for features in a software application. This risk score indicates a relative level of risk for installing and using the software application. The computer system performs internal usage testing to determine how the software application is recommended for use, and conducts use tests to determine how a specified client uses the features of the software application as compared to the determined recommended use. Then, based on the calculated risk and the determined use of the features, the computer system provides a recommendation for the specified client indicating which portions of the software application are to undergo client-specific validation. In another scenario, a computer system applies change control when upgrading a software application from a first version to a second version.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: MASTERCONTROL, INC.Inventors: Erin Marie Wright, Derek Edward Cramer, Robert Edward Thomas, Chad Milito, Terrance Holbrook, Alexander James Butler
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Publication number: 20210049088Abstract: Embodiments are directed to performing risk-based software validation and to applying change control when upgrading a software application. In one scenario, a computer system calculates a risk score for features in a software application. This risk score indicates a relative level of risk for installing and using the software application. The computer system performs internal usage testing to determine how the software application is recommended for use, and conducts use tests to determine how a specified client uses the features of the software application as compared to the determined recommended use. Then, based on the calculated risk and the determined use of the features, the computer system provides a recommendation for the specified client indicating which portions of the software application are to undergo client-specific validation. In another scenario, a computer system applies change control when upgrading a software application from a first version to a second version.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Erin Marie Wright, Derek Edward Cramer, Robert Edward Thomas, Chad Milito, Terrance Holbrook, Alexander James Butler
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Patent number: 10872026Abstract: Embodiments are directed to performing risk-based software validation and to applying change control when upgrading a software application. In one scenario, a computer system calculates a risk score for features in a software application. This risk score indicates a relative level of risk for installing and using the software application. The computer system performs internal usage testing to determine how the software application is recommended for use, and conducts use tests to determine how a specified client uses the features of the software application as compared to the determined recommended use. Then, based on the calculated risk and the determined use of the features, the computer system provides a recommendation for the specified client indicating which portions of the software application are to undergo client-specific validation. In another scenario, a computer system applies change control when upgrading a software application from a first version to a second version.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: MasterControl, Inc.Inventors: Erin Marie Wright, Derek Edward Cramer, Robert Edward Thomas, Chad Milito, Terrance Holbrook, Alexander James Butler
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Publication number: 20200285562Abstract: Embodiments are directed to performing risk-based software validation and to applying change control when upgrading a software application. In one scenario, a computer system calculates a risk score for features in a software application. This risk score indicates a relative level of risk for installing and using the software application. The computer system performs internal usage testing to determine how the software application is recommended for use, and conducts use tests to determine how a specified client uses the features of the software application as compared to the determined recommended use. Then, based on the calculated risk and the determined use of the features, the computer system provides a recommendation for the specified client indicating which portions of the software application are to undergo client-specific validation. In another scenario, a computer system applies change control when upgrading a software application from a first version to a second version.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Erin Marie Wright, Derek Edward Cramer, Robert Edward Thomas, Chad Milito, Terrance Holbrook, Alexander James Butler
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Patent number: 10664380Abstract: Embodiments are directed to performing risk-based software validation and to applying change control when upgrading a software application. In one scenario, a computer system calculates a risk score for features in a software application. This risk score indicates a relative level of risk for installing and using the software application. The computer system performs internal usage testing to determine how the software application is recommended for use, and conducts use tests to determine how a specified client uses the features of the software application as compared to the determined recommended use. Then, based on the calculated risk and the determined use of the features, the computer system provides a recommendation for the specified client indicating which portions of the software application are to undergo client-specific validation. In another scenario, a computer system applies change control when upgrading a software application from a first version to a second version.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: MASTERCONTROL, Inc.Inventors: Erin Marie Wright, Derek Edward Cramer, Robert Edward Thomas, Chad Milito, Terrance Holbrook, Alexander James Butler
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Publication number: 20190310929Abstract: Embodiments are directed to performing risk-based software validation and to applying change control when upgrading a software application. In one scenario, a computer system calculates a risk score for features in a software application. This risk score indicates a relative level of risk for installing and using the software application. The computer system performs internal usage testing to determine how the software application is recommended for use, and conducts use tests to determine how a specified client uses the features of the software application as compared to the determined recommended use. Then, based on the calculated risk and the determined use of the features, the computer system provides a recommendation for the specified client indicating which portions of the software application are to undergo client-specific validation. In another scenario, a computer system applies change control when upgrading a software application from a first version to a second version.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Erin Marie Wright, Derek Edward Cramer, Robert Edward Thomas, Chad Milito, Terrance Holbrook, Alexander James Butler
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Patent number: 4058319Abstract: Backgammon game board for the simultaneous play of four players. The game board is divided by transverse and longitudinal line to provide eight boards, each board including six points, said boards being symmetrically disposed about a central playing area. The central playing area contains selectively eight, 10 or 12 playing points through which each player must move his playing pieces from his two outer boards to his two inner boards. The eight boards contain 48 playing points which may be color coded in a manner corresponding to the color coding of the playing pieces so as to identify the flow of each player's playing pieces.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1976Date of Patent: November 15, 1977Inventors: Robert Melvin Thomas, Robert Edward Thomas
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Patent number: 4058318Abstract: A backgammon game board for simultneous play of at least three players. The game board is divided by transverse and longitudinal lines to provide eight adjoining boards, each of said boards including six points. Each player has a pair of said boards and color coded playing pieces. The complete board contains forty-eight playing points, and each player moves his playing pieces through both his pair of boards and those of an opponent.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1976Date of Patent: November 15, 1977Inventors: Robert Melvin Thomas, Robert Edward Thomas