Patents by Inventor Glenn Cobb

Glenn Cobb 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: 8321248
    Abstract: The present provides a method, system, and program product for rendering state diagrams for a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture. The rendered state diagrams illustrate the actual or planned use, assignment, retirement, interdependence, etc., of enterprise elements in a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture within a user-specified time frame, from a user selected frame of reference, for a user-specified business scope. The method comprises: defining a plurality of objects, wherein each of the objects represents an element of the enterprise architecture; defining a plurality of relationships, wherein each of the relationships is between one of the plurality of objects and another of the plurality of objects; and rendering the at least one state diagram based upon the plurality of objects, the plurality of relationships, and a frame of reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn A. Cobb, Richard W. Page, Jr., Kevin W. Young
  • Publication number: 20070279416
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for enabling and rendering business components in an interactive data visualization tool. A method in accordance with the present invention includes: importing a data set into a CBM visualization tool, the data set providing content and attributes related to the components; generating and displaying a CBM map based on the content, the CBM map displaying a plurality of the components; selecting at least one of the attributes via a user interface (UI); and dynamically displaying information regarding each selected attribute on corresponding components of the CBM map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Glenn A. Cobb, Richard W. Page, Martin M. Wattenberg
  • Publication number: 20050137718
    Abstract: The present provides a method, system, and program product for rendering state diagrams for a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture. The rendered state diagrams illustrate the actual or planned use, assignment, retirement, interdependence, etc., of enterprise elements in a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture within a user-specified time frame, from a user selected frame of reference, for a user-specified business scope. The method comprises: defining a plurality of objects, wherein each of the objects represents an element of the enterprise architecture; defining a plurality of relationships, wherein each of the relationships is between one of the plurality of objects and another of the plurality of objects; and rendering the at least one state diagram based upon the plurality of objects, the plurality of relationships, and a frame of reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Cobb, Richard Page, Kevin Young