Patents by Inventor Tim Brookins

Tim Brookins 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).

  • DATA ENTITY CENTRIC APPROACH FOR DESIGNING WORKFLOWS
    Publication number: 20080109467
    Abstract: A designer tool is provided to assist a user in creating and modifying business process workflows. The user can select a data entity as a focal point for a workflow and a user friendly design experience is provided that takes advantage of semantic relationships between the entity and other elements such as entities and business logic operations that are part of a relationship model. For example, given a selected entity, the application design module can present related operations for the entity on a user interface where the entity is an input parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Brookins, Sean Ryan, Steve Anonsen