Patents by Inventor Debra L. Roberts

Debra L. Roberts 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).

  • Project pipeline management systems and methods having capital expenditure/expense flip targeting
    Patent number: 8682701
    Abstract: As provided, a method for capital expenditure/expense flip targeting and balancing in software pipeline management that includes providing, for each of multiple projects in a software project pipeline, a set of inputs that includes 1) resource demand, 2) budget constraint, 3) start date, and 4) a capital expenditure/expense flip date. The method also includes aggregating the inputs. The method further comprises calculating an overall capital expenditure/expense ratio, and comparing the ratio to a threshold as of a predetermined date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Margaret J. Knauth, Matthew E. Perkins, Debra L. Roberts, James L. Crum, Janene A. Munkirs
  • Predictive growth burn rate in development pipeline
    Patent number: 8639553
    Abstract: A method is provided for predictive growth and burn rate analysis in software pipeline management. The method comprises providing, for each of multiple projects in a software project pipeline, a set of inputs that includes labor demand, labor supply, and one or more historical data points. The method also includes aggregating the inputs, and calculating an overall labor supply/demand balance. The method then compares the difference between the balance and the historical data points to a reasonable threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Margaret J. Knauth, Debra L. Roberts