Patents by Inventor Christopher Preist

Christopher Preist 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 constraint resolution
    Publication number: 20060155996
    Abstract: A method of determining the compatibility of respective information associated with at least two parties is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Preist, Javier Cuadrado, Caroline Kudla, David Trastour
  • Methods and systems that calculate a projected utility of information technology recovery plans based on contractual agreements
    Publication number: 20060143024
    Abstract: In at least some embodiments, an apparatus and method may receive parameters of an information technology (IT) infrastructure and formulate one or more IT recovery plans based on the parameters. The apparatus and method may further calculate a projected utility for one or more of the IT recovery plans based on one or more contractual agreements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Mathias Salle, Claudio Bartouni, Abdel Boulmakoul, David Trastour, Athena Christodoulou, Christopher Preist
  • Method and system for managing information technology systems
    Publication number: 20060112317
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention include methods and systems for managing information technology systems. A method includes monitoring, with a computer system, service operations of a service provider; detecting, with the computer system, a failure; diagnosing, with the computer system, the failure to determine a cause of the failure; and analyzing, with the computer system, the cause to determine a cost-based analysis to remedy the cause of the failure, the cost-based analysis including (i) terms and conditions specified in plural Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between the service provider and customers and (ii) both tangible and intangible costs to the service provider to remedy the cause of the failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Claudio Bartolini, Mathias Salle, Christopher Preist