Patents by Inventor Yang Z. Zhao

Yang Z. Zhao 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).

  • Business process error handling through process instance backup and recovery
    Patent number: 8145944
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for business process error handling through process instance backup and recovery includes the step of creating a backup profile of selected one or more portions of a business process model at modeling stage. The method also includes the steps of deploying the backup profile into a runtime environment, and upon occurrence of an error in execution instances of the business process model, re-executing at least one of the one or more portions of the backup profile to recover from the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liana L. Fong, David C. Frank, Linh H. Lam, Zhi L. Zou, Yang Z. Zhao
  • BUSINESS PROCESS ERROR HANDLING THROUGH PROCESS INSTANCE BACKUP AND RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20110078499
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for business process error handling through process instance backup and recovery includes the step of creating a backup profile of selected one or more portions of a business process model at modeling stage. The method also includes the steps of deploying the backup profile into a runtime environment, and upon occurrence of an error in execution instances of the business process model, re-executing at least one of the one or more portions of the backup profile to recover from the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
    Inventors: Liana L. Fong, David C. Frank, Linh H. Lam, Yang Z. Zhao, Zhi L. Zou