Patents by Inventor Michael B. Dickey

Michael B. Dickey 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).

  • Process and system for predictive resource planning
    Patent number: 5918207
    Abstract: A process and system for predictive resource planning to allow a service provider to meet a customer's predicted technical resource requirements. The process involves determining (11) a service provider's technology baseline, determining (12) a customer's technology direction, and storing the data representing the technology baseline and the technology direction in a data base repository. Based on the technology direction of the customer, the customer's technical resource requirements are predicted (13) and stored in the data base repository. The service provider then documents (14) the skill levels of its candidate employees and selects (15) candidates to meet the predicted technical resource requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: John McGovern, George A. Gulyas, Michael B. Dickey