James M Utzschneider

US Patent:

20040073518, Apr 15, 2004

Filed:

Oct 15, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/272129

Inventors:

Robert Atkinson - Woodinville WA, US
Marc Levy - Woodinville WA, US
James Utzschneider - Mercer Island WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/065000

Abstract:

A business relationship is effectuated between a first party and a second party and is governed by an agreement between the first party and the second party. The first party creates a token that authorizes a delegate to request a transaction according to the agreement on behalf of the first party, specifies in the token at least one constraint on a transaction requested by the delegate on behalf of the first party, and provides the token to the delegate. The delegate sends to the second party the token and a transaction document requesting a transaction according to the agreement. The second party applies each constraint in the token against the transaction document to determine whether the transaction document satisfies each constraint. If so, the transaction document is accepted for fulfillment.

US Patent:

20060200489, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

Feb 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/345965

Inventors:

Nicholas Lowe - Mercer Island WA, US
Kathlyn Gallines - North Hampton NH, US
Peter Johannsen - Frederiksberg, DK
Samantha Britney - Seattle WA, US
Finn Rode - Gedved, DK
Thomas Jensen - Lyngby, DK
Jakob Nielsen - Redmond WA, US
Cary Rohwer - Duvall WA, US
Robert Edmiston - Kirkland WA, US
James Utzschneider - Mercer Island WA, US
Susan Bohn - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707102000

Abstract:

A company is compared to a generic company model to identify differences between the company and the generic company model. The generic company model includes a work model that describes sequences of tasks that form processes performed within a generic company and a persona model that describes generic personas in the generic company and tasks that each generic persona performs. The differences between the generic company model and the company are used to modify the generic company model to form a company-specific model.