Patents by Inventor Aamer Khan

Aamer Khan 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).

  • Managing requirements planning in a collaborative computing environment
    Patent number: 8996982
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing requirements planning in a collaborative computing environment. In one embodiment of the invention, a requirements planning management method can include identifying each approving stakeholder for a version of a requirement in a requirements plan, creating traceability links between each approving stakeholder and the version of the requirement, and notifying each approving stakeholder having a traceability link to the version of the requirement whenever a new version of the requirement is proposed by a stakeholder. The method also can include merging multiple versions of the requirement into a single document, displaying the single document to a viewing stakeholder, and marking up the single document to reflect differences between the single document and a most recent version of the requirement for the viewing stakeholder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Clemm, Muhtar B. Akbulut, Aamer Khan, Sean P. Cudmore
  • MANAGING REQUIREMENTS PLANNING IN A COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20080163072
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing requirements planning in a collaborative computing environment. In one embodiment of the invention, a requirements planning management method can include identifying each approving stakeholder for a version of a requirement in a requirements plan, creating traceability links between each approving stakeholder and the version of the requirement, and notifying each approving stakeholder having a traceability link to the version of the requirement whenever a new version of the requirement is proposed by a stakeholder. The method also can include merging multiple versions of the requirement into a single document, displaying the single document to a viewing stakeholder, and marking up the single document to reflect differences between the single document and a most recent version of the requirement for the viewing stakeholder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Clemm, Muhtar B. Akbulut, Aamer Khan, Sean P. Cudmore