Patents by Inventor Robert K. McWhirter

Robert K. McWhirter 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).

  • Method and apparatus to abstract away rule languages
    Patent number: 8418135
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to abstract away rule languages from a rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, rules written in a first rule language are parsed into descriptor classes, which are used to model concepts that can be expressed in a rule engine. An intermediate structure is generated from the parsed rules. The intermediate structure is input to a core of the rule engine, which is operable to execute the rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Proctor, Edson Tirelli, Robert K. McWhirter
  • Method and apparatus to abstract away rule languages
    Publication number: 20080301078
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to abstract away rule languages from a rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, rules written in a first rule language are parsed into descriptor classes, which are used to model concepts that can be expressed in a rule engine. An intermediate structure is generated from the parsed rules. The intermediate structure is input to a core of the rule engine, which is operable to execute the rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Proctor, Edson Tirelli, Robert K. McWhirter