Patents by Inventor William Charles Kennedy

William Charles Kennedy 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).

  • Integrated workflow visualization and editing
    Patent number: 9395959
    Abstract: Integrated workflow visualization and editing is provided using a visual graphic diagramming tool and a web application platform tool to create a workflow. A visual representation of a workflow is created using the visual graphic diagramming tool. A declarative markup language file representing the workflow is provided to a web application platform tool for further modification of the workflow. The workflow is opened in the web application platform tool and desired parameters in the workflow are set. Visualization data from the graphic diagramming tool and the set parameters are bundled in a single declarative markup language file formatted for reading by both the visual graphic diagramming tool and the web application platform tool to allow manipulations and parameterization of the workflow in both the visual graphic diagramming tool and the web application platform tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: L. Tucker Hatfield, William Charles Kennedy, David Charles Wadsworth, Samuel Chung, Jason Frank Morrill, Soo Youn Cho, Seung Wook Son, Hoe Jin Kim
  • INTEGRATED WORKFLOW VISUALIZATION AND EDITING
    Publication number: 20130152041
    Abstract: Integrated workflow visualization and editing is provided using a visual graphic diagramming tool and a web application platform tool to create a workflow. A visual representation of a workflow is created using the visual graphic diagramming tool. A declarative markup language file representing the workflow is provided to a web application platform tool for further modification of the workflow. The workflow is opened in the web application platform tool and desired parameters in the workflow are set. Visualization data from the graphic diagramming tool and the set parameters are bundled in a single declarative markup language file formatted for reading by both the visual graphic diagramming tool and the web application platform tool to allow manipulations and parameterization of the workflow in both the visual graphic diagramming tool and the web application platform tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: L. Tucker Hatfield, William Charles Kennedy, David Charles Wadsworth, Samuel Chung, Jason Frank Morrill, Soo Youn Cho, Seung Wook Son, Hoe Jin Kim