Patents by Inventor Thomas Peter Baecker

Thomas Peter Baecker 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: 7257804
    Abstract: A software product is produced by defining a functional model of the overall software product, designing, based on this functional model, a plurality n of configurations and slices of the software product, wherein a configuration is the entirety or a part of the software product forming an independently testable unit and a slice is a set of functions of the software product constructed together and forming the entirety or part of a configuration. The n slices are independently constructed wherein the first slice forms the first configuration. The second to n-th configurations are formed by integrating the k-th configuration with the (k?1)-th slice, wherein k is 1, . . . n?1 Subsequently a first to n-th configuration are tested independently. This software development approach allows an integration of the overall systems in parts as early as possible and to gradually increase the number of integrated components in a controlled, but manageable fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Baecker, Kevin Carnahan, Susanne Kloess, Beat R. Monnerat, Tanya Nargolwalla, Richard L. Robbins, Jr., Robert R. Zahm
  • Publication number: 20040073889
    Abstract: A software product is produced by defining a functional model of the overall software product, designing, based on this functional model, a plurality n of configurations and slices of the software product, wherein a configuration is the entirety or a part of the software product forming an independently testable unit and a slice is a set of functions of the software product constructed together and forming the entirety or part of a configuration. The n slices are independently constructed wherein the first slice forms the first configuration. The seond to n-th configurations are formed by integrating the k-th configuration with the (k+1). slice, wherein k is 1, . . . , n. Subsequently a first to n-th configuration are tested independently. This software development approach allows an integration of the overall systems in parts as early as possible and to gradually increase the number of integrated components in a controlled, but manageable fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Baecker, Kevin Carnahan, Susanne Kloess, Beat R. Monnerat, Tanya Nargolwalla, Richard L. Robbins, Robert R. Zahm
  • Publication number: 20040031014
    Abstract: A software product is produced by defining a functional model of the overall software product, designing, based on this functional model, a plurality n of configurations and slices of the software product, wherein a configuration is the entirety or a part of the software product forming an independently testable unit and a slice is a set of functions of the software product constructed together and forming the entirety or part of a configuration. The n slices are independently constructed wherein the first slice forms the first configuration. The seond to n-th configurations are formed by integrating the k-th configuration with the (k+1) slice, wherein k is 1, . . . , n. Subsequently a first to n-th configuration are tested independently. This software development approach allows an integration of the overall systems in parts as early as possible and to gradually increase the number of integrated components in a controlled, but manageable fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Baecker, Kevin Carnahan, Susanne Kloess, Beat R Monnerat, Tanya Nargolwalla, Richard L Robbins, Robert R Zahm