Patents by Inventor Carol Lynn McHattie

Carol Lynn McHattie 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: 20020128895
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the Information Technology (IT) resources in a project, such as outsourcing services. These resources are IT sites comprising skilled people groups, and computer equipment spread over a geographic area. The main steps of the method are determining the number of IT sites, determining the skilled people groups and the computer equipment required inside the geographic area, centralizing or distributing the people and equipment over the IT sites inside the geographic area, and consolidating the IT sites. An additional step of standardizing processes and methods may be performed before the consolidation step. The use of a data base and a graphic user interface allows inclusion of feedback loops to improve the standardization step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Ambrose Broderick, William Escott Fellows, Carol Lynn McHattie, Raymond Luis Ramirez