Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Graser
Timothy J. Graser 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).
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Patent number: 9235386Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: AKANA, INC.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Timothy J. Graser, Dave H. Gross, Debra L. Mariner, John J. Palof, Paul W. Tamminga
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Patent number: 8412813Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements. The system may also include a subsystem that allows users to customize asset governance processes and tailor system behavior through an event-driven mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: LogicLibrary, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Timothy J. Graser
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Patent number: 7895563Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Logic Library, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Dave H. Gross, Timothy J. Graser, Debra L. Mariner, John J. Palof, Paul W. Tamminga
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Publication number: 20080133558Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: LogicLibrary, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Timothy J. Graser, Dave H. Gross, Debra L. Mariner, John J. Palof, Paul W. Tamminga
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Patent number: 7322024Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2002Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: LogicLibrary, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Timothy J Graser, Dave H Gross, Debra L Mariner, John J Palof, Paul W Tamminga
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Patent number: 7200805Abstract: In general, techniques are described for dynamically generating schema information for data description languages. The techniques include receiving a schema defining a class of elements that conform to a data description language, and receiving a constraint template that defines requirements for instances of the elements. The techniques further comprise dynamically generating schema information based on the schema and the constraint template, and validating a document in accordance with the schema information.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: LogicLibrary, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Dave H Gross, Timothy J Graser
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Patent number: 7149734Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2002Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Logic Library, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Dave H Gross, Timothy J Graser, Debra L Mariner, John J Palof, Paul W Tamminga
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Publication number: 20040205573Abstract: In general, techniques are described for dynamically generating schema information for data description languages. The techniques include receiving a schema defining a class of elements that conform to a data description language, and receiving a constraint template that defines requirements for instances of the elements. The techniques further comprise dynamically generating schema information based on the schema and the constraint template, and validating a document in accordance with the schema information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Dave H. Gross, Timothy J. Graser
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Publication number: 20030182470Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Timothy J. Graser, Dave H. Gross, Debra L. Mariner, John J. Palof, Paul W. Tamminga
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Publication number: 20030046282Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Brent A. Carlson, Dave H. Gross, Timothy J. Graser, Debra L. Mariner, John J. Palof, Paul W. Tamminga
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Patent number: 6405363Abstract: In an object oriented computer system, a framework mechanism defines one or more run-time extensible items that may be dynamically reconfigured as required to support different interfaces at run-time. Each extensible item has one or more adapters that correspond to the extensions owned by the extensible item. The extensible item class defines a castTo( ) method. The castTo( ) method is invoked to logically cast an instance of the extensible item class to a desired class so that a selected method on that class can be called. When the castTo( ) method is invoked on an instance of the extensible item class, the extensible item object determines if any of its extensions have an adapter that supports the class specified in the castTo( ) method call. If an adapter does support the specified class, the adapter corresponding is returned, and the selected method is then invoked on the adapter. In this manner, class casting of run-time extensible items is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1998Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brent A. Carlson, Timothy J. Graser