Patents by Inventor Timothy J Bethea

Timothy J Bethea 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: 9906660
    Abstract: A computer program product that includes a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations, including operations to incorporate an entity specification into a business process in response to an input by a user, determine a multifunction printer (MFP) from a heterogeneous mix of MFPs for implementation of the business process, and generate an executable to execute on the MFP. The entity specification describes an element of a document and is associated with the business process. The MFP has an associated executable language and a graphical user interface (GUI) specification. The executable conforms to the executable language and the GUI specification, is generated from the entity specification and the business process, and performs the business process when executed by the MFP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bethea, Neil H. Boyette, Isaac K. Cheng, Vikas Krishna
  • Patent number: 8493580
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes incorporating an entity specification into a business process in response to an input by a user is described. The entity specification describes an element of a document and is associated with the business process. The computer-implemented method also includes determining a multifunction printer (MFP) from a heterogeneous mix of MFPs for implementation of the business process. The MFP has an associated executable language and a graphical user interface (GUI) specification. The computer-implemented method also includes associating the entity specification with an element of the GUI specification. The computer-implemented method also includes generating, from the entity specification and the business process, an executable that conforms to the executable language and the GUI specification and performs the business process when executed by the MFP. The computer-implemented method also includes deploying the executable to the MFP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J Bethea, Neil H Boyette, Isaac K Cheng, Vikas Krishna
  • Patent number: 8406412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting an existing call flow wherein the call flow further comprises an associated data set, comprising: activating the existing call flow, the existing call flow generating a series of questions designed to obtain information from a caller; determining if an exception condition has occurred; allowing a user to activate an exception call flow in response to the exception condition; retaining the data set associated with the call flow when the exception condition occurred; adapting the data set such that the call flow addresses the exception condition; analyzing the adapted data set to determine if it is unique; and, modifying the existing call flow to incorporate the adapted data set if the adapted data set is unique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J Bethea, Neil H Boyette, Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng, Vikas Krishna, Yolanda A Rankin, Yongshin Yu
  • Publication number: 20120320400
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes incorporating an entity specification into a business process in response to an input by a user is described. The entity specification describes an element of a document and is associated with the business process. The computer-implemented method also includes determining a multifunction printer (MFP) from a heterogeneous mix of MFPs for implementation of the business process. The MFP has an associated executable language and a graphical user interface (GUI) specification. The computer-implemented method also includes associating the entity specification with an element of the GUI specification. The computer-implemented method also includes generating, from the entity specification and the business process, an executable that conforms to the executable language and the GUI specification and performs the business process when executed by the MFP. The computer-implemented method also includes deploying the executable to the MFP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bethea, Neil H. Boyette, Isaac K. Cheng, Vikas Krishna
  • Publication number: 20110251971
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention comprises a real-time collaborative technical support (RTCTS) system that may automatically generate and/or maintain social networks that may be dynamically evolving. The social networks may be based on the output of at least one multi-modal classification algorithm. These outputs may be occurring in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bethea, Neil H. Boyette, Isaac K. Cheng, Vikas Krishna, Yolanda A. Rankin, Yongshin Yu
  • Publication number: 20110211687
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting an existing call flow wherein the call flow further comprises an associated data set, comprising: activating the existing call flow, the existing call flow generating a series of questions designed to obtain information from a caller; determining if an exception condition has occurred; allowing a user to activate an exception call flow in response to the exception condition; retaining the data set associated with the call flow when the exception condition occurred; adapting the data set such that the call flow addresses the exception condition; analyzing the adapted data set to determine if it is unique; and, modifying the existing call flow to incorporate the adapted data set if the adapted data set is unique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bethea, Neil H. Boyette, Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng, Vikas Krishna, Yolanda A. Rankin, Yongshin Yu
  • Publication number: 20100318960
    Abstract: A computer program product that includes a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations, including operations to incorporate an entity specification into a business process in response to an input by a user, determine a multifunction printer (MFP) from a heterogeneous mix of MFPs for implementation of the business process, and generate an executable to execute on the MFP. The entity specification describes an element of a document and is associated with the business process. The MFP has an associated executable language and a graphical user interface (GUI) specification. The executable conforms to the executable language and the GUI specification, is generated from the entity specification and the business process, and performs the business process when executed by the MFP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bethea, Neil H. Boyette, Isaac K. Cheng, Vikas Krishna