Patents by Inventor Douglas Joseph Hansknecht

Douglas Joseph Hansknecht 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).

  • Software/hardware ranking
    Patent number: 8355942
    Abstract: A ranking method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, business requirements and associated weighting factors. The computing system receives a list of software/hardware products and associated assessment data. The business requirements are associated with product features of the software/hardware products. The computing system calculates total requirement weighting factors for the product features. The computing system stores the total requirement weighting factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Hansknecht, Sanjay Mannan
  • SOFTWARE/HARDWARE RANKING
    Publication number: 20120271672
    Abstract: A ranking method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, business requirements and associated weighting factors. The computing system receives a list of software/hardware products and associated assessment data. The business requirements are associated with product features of the software/hardware products. The computing system calculates total requirement weighting factors for the product features. The computing system stores the total requirement weighting factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Hansknecht, Sanjay Mannan
  • Software/hardware ranking method and system
    Patent number: 8265972
    Abstract: A ranking method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, business requirements and associated weighting factors. The computing system receives a list of software/hardware products and associated assessment data. The business requirements are associated with product features of the software/hardware products. The computing system calculates total requirement weighting factors for the product features. The computing system stores the total requirement weighting factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Hansknecht, Sanjay Mannan
  • SOFTWARE/HARDWARE RANKING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100131313
    Abstract: A ranking method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, business requirements and associated weighting factors. The computing system receives a list of software/hardware products and associated assessment data. The business requirements are associated with product features of the software/hardware products. The computing system calculates total requirement weighting factors for the product features. The computing system stores the total requirement weighting factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Hansknecht, Sanjay Mannan