Patents by Inventor Benjamin R. Swenka

Benjamin R. Swenka 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).

  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20110276694
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate holistic management of different types of IT resources within and work associated with an IT infrastructure. In one example, a method includes defining a number of parameters related to IT resources, associating an IT resource with at least one of the parameters, and aggregating a number of IT resources as an IT infrastructure. Each of the IT resources of the IT infrastructure is associated with at least one of the parameters. In another example, a method includes defining a number of parameters related to a number of different types of IT resources, associating two or more of the parameters with one another, and aggregating the parameters in an IT resource definitional structure by which any one of the types of IT resources can be defined by associating the IT resource with at least one of the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: BAROMETER, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Swenka, Paul J. Cramer, JR., Peter A. Jones, Patrick D. Josephson, Brent E. Worden