Patents by Inventor Brian Poissant

Brian Poissant 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).

  • System and method for weighting configuration item relationships supporting business critical impact analysis
    Patent number: 8170903
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a business critical impact analysis report includes steps of: inserting a rank value field in each configuration item relationship type definition; inserting a rank value field in each single relationship between configuration items; determining default rank values for the rank value fields; assigning the default rank values to the single relationships and the relationship type definitions; receiving a user request to generate the business critical impact analysis report at a selected rank level of configuration items; and presenting the business critical impact analysis report to the user, displaying the configuration items and their relationships corresponding to the selected level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Poissant
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEIGHTING CONFIGURATION ITEM RELATIONSHIPS SUPPORTING BUSINESS CRITICAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20090259501
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a business critical impact analysis report includes steps of: inserting a rank value field in each configuration item relationship type definition; inserting a rank value field in each single relationship between configuration items; determining default rank values for the rank value fields; assigning the default rank values to the single relationships and the relationship type definitions; receiving a user request to generate the business critical impact analysis report at a selected rank level of configuration items; and presenting the business critical impact analysis report to the user, displaying the configuration items and their relationships corresponding to the selected level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Poissant