Patents by Inventor Alur Vishwanath

Alur Vishwanath 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).

  • Business planning tool
    Patent number: 8165906
    Abstract: A Global Resource Staffing Migration Analysis Resource Tool (GR SMART), which automates the global resource solution development process, including automation of global resource migration staffing and non-labor cost elements solution). GR SMART is a software utility executed by a data processing system to generate migration staffing plans and associated non-labor cost elements using minimal amounts of high level account information and baseline staffing models. Using GR SMART, users are able to override all key solution data elements to tailor (or customize) the solution to suit individual account needs. The users are also able to iteratively improve on a previous GR SMART generated solution as additional detail becomes available from the customers during the course of the sales engagement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jo-Nell Katherine Kehaulani Gerhard, Phillip Tsen, Haris Babu Vakkayil, Alur Vishwanath
  • Global resource staffing migration analysis resource tool (GR SMART)
    Publication number: 20070073573
    Abstract: A Global Resource Staffing Migration Analysis Resource Tool (GR SMART), which automates the global resource solution development process, including automation of global resource migration staffing and non-labor cost elements solution). GR SMART is a software utility executed by a data processing system to generate migration staffing plans and associated non-labor cost elements using minimal amounts of high level account information and baseline staffing models. Using GR SMART, users are able to override all key solution data elements to tailor (or customize) the solution to suit individual account needs. The users are also able to iteratively improve on a previous GR SMART generated solution as additional detail becomes available from the customers during the course of the sales engagement cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jo-Nell Katherine Kehaulani Gerhard, Phillip Tsen, Haris Babu Vakkayil, Alur Vishwanath