Patents by Inventor Gina M. Comer

Gina M. Comer 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).

  • Alliance business relationship management method and tool
    Patent number: 8577688
    Abstract: An alliance business relationship is managed by receiving a request for a relationship from a firm. An alliance taxonomy stored in a database is used to determine whether the request is an alliance. An opportunity in the request is identified and quantified. The alliance is formed, executed, and subsequently terminated. Thereafter, the alliance is again evaluated against the criteria in the taxonomy to determine whether another relationship type applies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Sauders Caswell, Gina M. Comer, Michael A. Limanni, Jr.