Patents by Inventor Fereydoon F. Safai

Fereydoon F. Safai 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).

  • Generating adjusted bids of entities according to a new external bid
    Patent number: 8027905
    Abstract: An initial external bid of an enterprise that is based on initial component bids of plural entities is received by a tool. The tool receives margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities. A new external bid is received that is different from the initial bid, and adjusted component bids of the plural entities are generated by the tool according to the new external bid and the margins of the entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alex X. Zhang, Kemal Guler, Fereydoon F. Safai, Shailendra Jain
  • Computing estimated performance of a software application in a target system
    Patent number: 7831325
    Abstract: User input regarding a target system on which a software application is to be deployed is received. A benchmark system from plural candidate benchmark systems is matched to the target system. An estimated performance of the software application on the target system or an estimated utilization of resources of the target system by the software application is computed based on information relating to the matched benchmark system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alex X. Zhang, Fereydoon F. Safai, Richard Stormo, Dirk M. Beyer, Yunhong Zhou, Jerry Z. Shan
  • Generating adjusted bids of entities according to a new external bid
    Publication number: 20080065559
    Abstract: An initial external bid of an enterprise that is based on initial component bids of plural entities is received by a tool. The tool receives margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities. A new external bid is received that is different from the initial bid, and adjusted component bids of the plural entities are generated by the tool according to the new external bid and the margins of the entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Alex X. Zhang, Kemal Guler, Fereydoon F. Safai, Shailendra Jain