Patents by Inventor Eric Scott Purpus

Eric Scott Purpus 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).

  • Patent number: 9384511
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards managing data models using version control for resource allocation modelling. A main data model that includes change records, resource values, model objects, or the like, may be provided. Also, user workspaces associated with the main data model may be provided. The user workspaces may include a workspace data model that is based on the main data model and its change records. Model objects that may be part of the user workspace may be modified by a user where each modification made by the user may be employed to provide workspace change records. If a user finishes modifying the workspace data model, the one or more workspace change records may be used to execute the merge of the modified model objects with the main data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Apptio, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Scott Purpus
  • Patent number: 9020830
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards employing a plurality of object relationships to dynamically generate a hierarchical structure of dependent object relationships (“HSDOR”). Each object relationship may include a plurality of information, including, but not limited to, a consumer object, a provider object, a one or more direct values, a quantity of units consumed by the consumer object, or the like. Dependencies between the plurality of object relationships may be utilized to dynamically generate an HSDOR. In some embodiments, the HSDOR may be modified by resolving detected circularity relationships within the HSDOR and/or dynamically modifying object relationship dependencies affected by a new and/or modified object relationship. In some embodiments, the HSDOR may be utilized to iteratively determine a total value of an object as a function of total loaded values of object relationships from which the object depends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Apptio, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Scott Purpus, Stephen David Luke Atwell
  • Publication number: 20140279676
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed towards determining a total cost for providing the at least one offering. At least one dataset provided by at least one external data source is mapped to one or more fields in at least one dataset template. Further, the at least one dataset mapped to the at least one dataset template includes information related to providing at least one offering, such as cost data. At least one category template is employed to allocate the mapped dataset information to a plurality of categories. Also, each of the plurality of categories may be allocated a percentage of the mapped dataset information values. Additionally, a total cost value is generated for providing the at least one offering and a model for determining the total cost value of the at least an offering based at least on the allocation to at least one category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Apptio, Inc.
    Inventors: Zane Texiera Schafer, Eric Scott Purpus, Scott Christopher Allison
  • Publication number: 20120233217
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards employing a plurality of object relationships to dynamically generate a hierarchical structure of dependent object relationships (“HSDOR”). Each object relationship may include a plurality of information, including, but not limited to, a consumer object, a provider object, a one or more direct values, a quantity of units consumed by the consumer object, or the like. Dependencies between the plurality of object relationships may be utilized to dynamically generate an HSDOR. In some embodiments, the HSDOR may be modified by resolving detected circularity relationships within the HSDOR and/or dynamically modifying object relationship dependencies affected by a new and/or modified object relationship. In some embodiments, the HSDOR may be utilized to iteratively determine a total value of an object as a function of total loaded values of object relationships from which the object depends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Apptio, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Scott Purpus, Stephen David Luke Atwell