Patents by Inventor Ernest James Wilkins

Ernest James Wilkins 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).

  • Method and system using an enterprise framework
    Patent number: 8407079
    Abstract: A system and method of modeling an enterprise and its objectives and its information technology system into a single enterprise framework so that the effect of changes in one can be seen as impacting the other. In its preferred embodiment, a generic framework is customized to reflect changes for the industry and the enterprise and its objectives and uses a LOTUS NOTES database with a front-end navigator to make modifications. The enterprise framework includes a section on governance which provides an architectural framework and a management process for the enterprise framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carol Ann, Clive Ernest Harris, Ross William Leighton, Ernest James Wilkins
  • System and method for providing an interface for a repository
    Publication number: 20030079107
    Abstract: A system is described for providing at least one interface for a repository (102). A first interface (304) is provided with a plurality of objects (502), each object (502) representing an entity or group of entities for which there is metadata (306) provided in the repository (102). A means for selecting an object (502) in the first interface (304) provides access to the relevant metadata (306) in the repository (102). The first interface (304) represents a metamodel of the repository (102). The first interface (304) also has a plurality of lines (504) joining the objects, each line representing a relationship between the entities or group of entities represented by the objects (502) and a means for selecting a line (504) provides access to relevant metadata (306) in the repository (102) relating to the relationship represented by the line (504).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Jonathan Booth, Roger John Colgate, Iain James Graf, Christopher Mark Green, Philip Walsh, Ernest James Wilkins
  • Method and system using an enterprise framework
    Publication number: 20020198727
    Abstract: A system and method of modeling an enterprise and its objectives and its information technology system into a single enterprise framework so that the effect of changes in one can be seen as impacting the other. In its preferred embodiment, a generic framework is customized to reflect changes for the industry and the enterprise and its objectives and uses a Lotus Notes database with a front-end navigator to make modifications. The enterprise framework includes a section on governance which provides an architectural framework and a management process for the enterprise framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carol Ann, Clive Ernest Harris, Ross William Leighton, Ernest James Wilkins