Patents by Inventor Hoyt C. Simmons

Hoyt C. Simmons 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).

  • Defining a serviceability assessment measure
    Patent number: 8352309
    Abstract: A plurality of questions are displayed. Responses to the plurality of questions are received, wherein a response to a question included in the plurality of questions includes an indication of a likelihood of occurrence of an answer to the question. A value for a quality measure is determined, based on the responses to the plurality of questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Walter C. Metz, Jr., Hoyt C. Simmons, Susan Elyce Swanson
  • User interface including question verification indicators
    Patent number: 8074179
    Abstract: A method of displaying non-textual indication of question verification status in a user interface, the user interface including a plurality of questions associated there-with, includes receiving an answer to at least one question of the plurality of questions, associating a non-textual indication of the verification status of the answer, and displaying the non-textual indication of the at least one question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Walter C. Metz, Jr., Hoyt C. Simmons, Susan E. Swanson
  • USER INTERFACE INCLUDING QUESTION VERIFICATION INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20100070892
    Abstract: A method of displaying non-textual indication of question verification status in a user interface, the user interface including a plurality of questions associated there-with, includes receiving an answer to at least one question of the plurality of questions, associating a non-textual indication of the verification status of the answer, and displaying the non-textual indication of the at least one question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Walter C. Metz, JR., Hoyt C. Simmons, Susan E. Swanson
  • DEFINING A SERVICEABILITY ASSESSMENT MEASURE
    Publication number: 20100047754
    Abstract: A plurality of questions are displayed. Responses to the plurality of questions are received, wherein a response to a question included in the plurality of questions includes an indication of a likelihood of occurrence of an answer to the question. A value for a quality measure is determined, based on the responses to the plurality of questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Walter C. Metz, JR., Hoyt C. Simmons, Susan Elyce Swanson
  • System and method of calculating a projected service cost assessment
    Patent number: 7600154
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-usable medium for computing a serviceability assessment, calculating a preventative maintenance assessment, and in response to computing the serviceability and preventative maintenance assessments, computing a projected service cost assessment. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a processor, a data bus, and a computer-readable medium including a serviceability assessment tool. The serviceability assessment tool further includes a serviceability assessment module, a hardware installation assessment module, a preventative maintenance assessment module, and a projected service cost assessment module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Appleman, David F. Champion, Cary Frederick De Van, Walter C. Metz, Jr., David A. Sawin, Hoyt C. Simmons