Patents by Inventor Werner G. Krebs

Werner G. Krebs 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: 11481306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating capacity in an operational process are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting event logs from monitoring systems communicatively coupled to a computing device, each event log indicating an event occurring at a given time at a given activity within a process, measuring transition times between activities of the process from the event logs, calculating a capacity of an activity of the activities from the measured transition times, and generating an alert indicating the activity approaching or at a maximum capacity of the activity responsive to the capacity above a threshold. In this way, aspects of a process such as an operational process in need of attention may be rapidly identified and actions for resolution may be automatically recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: More Cowbell Unlimited, Inc
    Inventors: Werner G. Krebs, John W. Bicknell
  • Patent number: 11190535
    Abstract: Systems and methods for process models to determine systems behavior and vulnerabilities are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting event logs from monitoring systems communicatively coupled to a computing device, each event log indicating an event occurring at a given time at a given activity within a process, measuring transition times between activities of the process from the event logs, calculating, from the measured transition times, a capacity of an activity of the activities, inferring behavior and vulnerabilities of the process based on one or more of the measured transition times and the capacity, and generating natural language output indicating the inferred behavior and vulnerabilities of the process. Further, simulations of the process are performed with statistical data regarding the event logs as input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: More Cowbell Unlimited, Inc
    Inventors: Werner G. Krebs, John W. Bicknell
  • Publication number: 20210026753
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating capacity in an operational process are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting event logs from monitoring systems communicatively coupled to a computing device, each event log indicating an event occurring at a given time at a given activity within a process, measuring transition times between activities of the process from the event logs, calculating a capacity of an activity of the activities from the measured transition times, and generating an alert indicating the activity approaching or at a maximum capacity of the activity responsive to the capacity above a threshold. In this way, aspects of a process such as an operational process in need of attention may be rapidly identified and actions for resolution may be automatically recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Werner G. Krebs, John W. Bicknell
  • Publication number: 20200396231
    Abstract: Systems and methods for process models to determine systems behavior and vulnerabilities are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting event logs from monitoring systems communicatively coupled to a computing device, each event log indicating an event occurring at a given time at a given activity within a process, measuring transition times between activities of the process from the event logs, calculating, from the measured transition times, a capacity of an activity of the activities, inferring behavior and vulnerabilities of the process based on one or more of the measured transition times and the capacity, and generating natural language output indicating the inferred behavior and vulnerabilities of the process. Further, simulations of the process are performed with statistical data regarding the event logs as input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Werner G. Krebs, John W. Bicknell
  • Patent number: 10846194
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating capacity in an operational process are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting event logs from monitoring systems communicatively coupled to a computing device, each event log indicating an event occurring at a given time at a given activity within a process, measuring transition times between activities of the process from the event logs, calculating a capacity of an activity of the activities from the measured transition times, and generating an alert indicating the activity approaching or at a maximum capacity of the activity responsive to the capacity above a threshold. In this way, aspects of a process such as an operational process in need of attention may be rapidly identified and actions for resolution may be automatically recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MORE COWBELL UNLIMITED, INC
    Inventors: Werner G. Krebs, John W. Bicknell
  • Publication number: 20200349049
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating capacity in an operational process are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting event logs from monitoring systems communicatively coupled to a computing device, each event log indicating an event occurring at a given time at a given activity within a process, measuring transition times between activities of the process from the event logs, calculating a capacity of an activity of the activities from the measured transition times, and generating an alert indicating the activity approaching or at a maximum capacity of the activity responsive to the capacity above a threshold. In this way, aspects of a process such as an operational process in need of attention may be rapidly identified and actions for resolution may be automatically recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Werner G. Krebs, John W. Bicknell