Software Patent
EASA software is protected by UK and US patents. EASA’s proprietary system claims exclusive rights to generating a simplified client interface to complex, batch-driven software, accepting data from the client, processing the data on a central server and returning the results to the client.
Patent Abstract
A method for configuring and executing a software application with a client user interface, the method including the steps of accessing a master configuration file containing an array of configuration variables controlling the execution of the software application, preselecting a subset of configuration variables from the array of configuration variables contained in the master configuration file, generating the client user interface to modify only the subset of configuration variables, transmitting the client user interface to a client computer, receiving the subset of configuration variables as modified on the client computer, applying the subset of configuration variables against the master configuration file, executing the software application in accordance with the master configuration file on a computational server, the execution of the software application producing an output result, and transmitting the output result to the client computer.
A full description of the Patent can be found on the United States Patent website, www.uspto.gov, by searching for Patent Number - US 6,430,609