Patents by Inventor William H. McCoy, JR.

William H. McCoy, JR. 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).

  • Context Control Mechanism For Data Executed in Workflows of Process, Factory-Floor, Environmental, Computer Aided Manufacturing-Based or Other Control System
    Publication number: 20110153051
    Abstract: The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for workflow editing. Such methods and apparatus permit, for example, user-defined and/or other tasks to be combined in any combination or combinations to specify a workflow. The tasks can be linked for direct, serial processing and/or for conditional processing that includes branching and/or looping. The invention also improved methods and apparatus of workflow definition and processing with extensible actions. The invention provides, further, improved methods and apparatus for workflow definition and processing which utilize workflow variables for communication of data and control information among tasks within a workflow. The invention provides, still further, improved methods and apparatus of workflow definition and processing with enhanced messaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: INVENSYS SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: George E. Bachman, Robert A. DeRemer, Lorin V. Grubb, Paul W. LeMert, William H. McCoy, JR., Steven M. Weinrich, Julia Wright