Patents by Inventor Peter P. Dai

Peter P. Dai 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).

  • Vendor portfolio management in support of vendor relationship management analysis, planning and evaluation
    Patent number: 8266096
    Abstract: Various examples include a system and methods in support of vendor relationship management, analysis, planning and evaluation including dealing with collections of vendors called vendor portfolios. In various examples the system includes a database, vendor portfolio definer, a vendor portfolio populator, and a vendor portfolio analyzer. The database houses vendor data. In various examples the vendor portfolio definer allows vendor portfolios to be created, meta data, including complex documents, to be associated with vendor portfolios, and user access permissions to be assigned to vendor portfolios. In various examples the vendor portfolio populator facilitates user selection of the vendors that will make up the collection of vendors in the vendor portfolio. The vendor portfolio analyzer analyzes a business metric using vendor portfolios. In various examples the vendor portfolio analyzer allows user to perform what-if analysis on vendor portfolios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge A. Navarrete, Stephen J. O'Connor, Peter P. Dai, Johri Dhanotra, Hubert Yau Kin Siu, Charudutt Nagori, Ashish Kalani
  • VENDOR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF VENDOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
    Publication number: 20100106680
    Abstract: Various examples include a system and methods in support of vendor relationship management, analysis, planning and evaluation including dealing with collections of vendors called vendor portfolios. In various examples the system includes a database, vendor portfolio definer, a vendor portfolio populator, and a vendor portfolio analyzer. The database houses vendor data. In various examples the vendor portfolio definer allows vendor portfolios to be created, meta data, including complex documents, to be associated with vendor portfolios, and user access permissions to be assigned to vendor portfolios. In various examples the vendor portfolio populator facilitates user selection of the vendors that will make up the collection of vendors in the vendor portfolio. The vendor portfolio analyzer analyzes a business metric using vendor portfolios. In various examples the vendor portfolio analyzer allows user to perform what-if analysis on vendor portfolios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: BladeLogic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge A. Navarrete, Stephen J. O'Connor, Peter P. Dai, Johri Dhanotra, Hubert Yau Kin Siu, Charudutt Nagori, Ashish Kalani