Patents by Inventor Alfredo J. Muir

Alfredo J. Muir 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: 20040010441
    Abstract: Methods and a system for mapping metrics to goals of an organization in order to track process improvement are provided. One exemplary method is a computer implemented method for capturing a set of metrics to achieve targeted goals of an organization is provided. The method initiates with establishing goals of an organization. Then, questions related to each of the goals are identified. The identifying questions operation includes assigning a question relevancy factor to each of the questions indicating a degree of relevance with each of the goals related to the questions. Next, metrics providing answers to each of the questions are identified. The identifying metrics operation includes assigning a metric relevancy factor to each metric indicating a degree of relevance with each of the questions answered by the metrics. Then, a cutoff relevancy is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Murali K. Nandigama, Alfredo J. Muir, Philip A. Chin, Timothy Riley