Erik James Freed

US Patent:

20030037181, Feb 20, 2003

Filed:

Jul 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/900842

Inventors:

Erik Freed - Berkeley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F009/00
G06F009/46

US Classification:

709/328000, 709/202000

Abstract:

The invention includes a system and method for providing a process-container platform which includes a system for process automation and collaboration. The system includes process-containers that are mobile, self-contained, asynchronous, executable, visualizeable agents that include presentation information, logic, and data. Also included a peers that run on host networked devices such as personal computers in a local area network and are operable to display, transmit, interact with, and receive the process-containers. In addition, both on and off-line, peers are operable to execute the logic of the process-containers and provide the process-containers access to data and applications also stored or running on the local host. The process-containers are operable to move between the peers to execute the process described in the logic of the process-container. The process-container is further operable to carry its data in the form of documents, including multi-media documents, as it moves between peers.

US Patent:

62694731, Jul 31, 2001

Filed:

Mar 23, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/046624

Inventors:

Erik Freed - Berkeley CA
Brian Anderson - Albany CA
Thomas James Noyes - San Francisco CA
Richard John Saville - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Evolve Software, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

717 1

Abstract:

A software modeling environment is presented that supports the development and execution of software that can be dynamically configured. This is achieved by introducing a design-time object modeling construct called a dynamically configurable type (DCT) that supports the subdivision of an object into a plurality of subsets of semantics and allows dynamic merging of these semantic subsets together in different combinations in order to allow the resultant object to exhibit different semantics over time to serve different purposes. Specific process modeling constructs are included which take advantage of this semantic merging capability. Also included are other supporting design-time and run-time constructs and services. One embodiment of the present invention allows this software modeling environment to be integrated into a standard software development environment, enhancing the modeling capabilities already present.