Patents by Inventor Carol Lyn Piccus

Carol Lyn Piccus 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).

  • System and method for synthetic ideation
    Patent number: 10032204
    Abstract: A method includes receiving product data relating to a first computer software product, selecting from the product data a set of epics that describe functional aspects of the first computer software product, and generating a product description ontology of the first computer software product from the selected set of epics. Product description ontologies of a plurality of second computer software products are compared to the product description ontology of the first computer software product, and in response, a list of product functions that are missing from the first computer software product but that are relevant to the first computer software product is generated. The list of product functions that are omitted from the first computer software product but that are relevant to the first computer software product is weighted and output as a weighted list. The weighted list may be used as an input to a software development management platform on which the first computer software product is developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Lyn Piccus, Debra J. Danielson, Karen Lee Sleeth, Diane Norris
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHETIC IDEATION
    Publication number: 20180047080
    Abstract: A method includes receiving product data relating to a first computer software product, selecting from the product data a set of epics that describe functional aspects of the first computer software product, and generating a product description ontology of the first computer software product from the selected set of epics. Product description ontologies of a plurality of second computer software products are compared to the product description ontology of the first computer software product, and in response, a list of product functions that are missing from the first computer software product but that are relevant to the first computer software product is generated. The list of product functions that are omitted from the first computer software product but that are relevant to the first computer software product is weighted and output as a weighted list. The weighted list may be used as an input to a software development management platform on which the first computer software product is developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Lyn Piccus, Debra J. Danielson, Karen Lee Sleeth, Diane Norris