Patents by Inventor Sharon McKenna Sanders

Sharon McKenna Sanders 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: 9767146
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture provide a decision point in a workflow system comprising a server and at least a first client work node. A decision point work node is provided at the server. A SQL expression which is associated with the decision point work node and the first client work node is generated. The server determines whether to route a work package to the first client work node based on the SQL expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rupa Bhaghavan, Wayne Frederick Miller, Kenneth Carlin Nelson, Sharon McKenna Sanders, Fang-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 8056012
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a graphical workflow programming environment for routing documents. First a workflow design platform is provided that comprises a process canvas for receiving at least one graphical workflow programming object. Next, a graphical representation of the graphical workflow programming object is provided where the graphical representation is adapted to be selected by an administrator of the graphical workflow programming environment and inserted into the process canvas, wherein the graphical workflow programming object comprises a graphical decision point that is adapted to route the documents based on contents of the documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Pong Chen, Gregory Scott Johnston, Wayne F. Miller, Sharon McKenna Sanders, Alan Tsu-I Yaung