Patents by Inventor Jean M. Dube

Jean M. Dube 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).

  • Publication number: 20170300843
    Abstract: In an approach to revenue growth management, one or more computer processors determine one or more best practices for one or more revenue growth processes. The one or more computer processors receive a current maturity level of the one or more revenue growth processes associated with the one or more best practices. The one or more computer processors assess the current maturity level of the one or more revenue growth processes against the one or more associated best practices. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the assessment of the current maturity level of the one or more revenue growth processes, whether improvement is needed in the one or more revenue growth processes to grow revenue. In response to determining improvement is needed in the one or more revenue growth processes, the one or more computer processors determine a project plan to grow revenue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jean M. Dube, Charles E. Masters
  • Patent number: 8677340
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for planning and optimizing information technology (IT) infrastructure transformations is presented. A predictive effort estimation model for transforming an existing IT infrastructure into a transformed IT infrastructure is initially created. The introduction of a new application into the existing IT infrastructure through a use of a decision tree as a transformation path determination is emulated to create a transformation path emulation. The use of a software factory is emulated for introducing the new application into the existing IT infrastructure to create a software factory use emulation for creating the transformed IT infrastructure. The predictive effort estimation model is accurized using results from the transformation path emulation and the software factory use emulation to create an accurized transformed IT infrastructure model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean M. Dube, James J. Gallombardo, Praduemn K. Goyal, James V. Sbordon
  • Publication number: 20110166849
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for planning and optimizing information technology (IT) infrastructure transformations is presented. A predictive effort estimation model for transforming an existing IT infrastructure into a transformed IT infrastructure is initially created. The introduction of a new application into the existing IT infrastructure through a use of a decision tree as a transformation path determination is emulated to create a transformation path emulation. The use of a software factory is emulated for introducing the new application into the existing IT infrastructure to create a software factory use emulation for creating the transformed IT infrastructure. The predictive effort estimation model is accurized using results from the transformation path emulation and the software factory use emulation to create an accurized transformed IT infrastructure model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean M. Dube, James J. Gallombardo, Praduemn K. Goyal, James V. Sbordon