Patents by Inventor Isaac G Councill

Isaac G Councill 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: 8244554
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing price information. Embodiments include receiving a mapping of interconnected components, identifying as a first subset components subject to a first fixed price agreement not subject to a second fixed price agreement that overlaps the first fixed price agreement, identifying as a second subset the components subject to the second fixed price agreement not subject to the first fixed price agreement, and identifying as a third subset the components subject to both the first fixed price agreement and the second fixed price agreement. The method also includes receiving a price change for a price associated with a component in one of the subsets of components, and distributing an offset of the price change to components in the other subsets of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jolie I Bailey, Isaac G Councill, Shun Jiang, Kenneth M Johns, Steven Prather, James J Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20120029974
    Abstract: A deal management system is used to manage a complex service deal that defines various services to be fulfilled on behalf of a client. The deal management system includes a deal specification subsystem, a cost subsystem, and an estimation subsystem. The deal specification subsystem has a new deal interface to facilitate user specification of the complex service deal, including a plurality of service elements scheduled for fulfillment from a plurality of service delivery centers. The cost subsystem tracks an aggregate cost of a service delivery center that is arranged to fulfill a particular service element. The estimation subsystem dynamically evaluates accuracy of a deal cost model for the complex service deal during a duration of the particular service element by establishing a correlation between particular service elements within the complex service deal and portions of the aggregate cost data allocated to the corresponding service delivery center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Isaac G. Councill, Shun Jiang, Tobin J. Lehman, James J. Rhodes, Hovey Raymond Strong, JR., Ruoyi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110131148
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing price information. Embodiments include receiving a mapping of interconnected components, identifying as a first subset components subject to a first fixed price agreement not subject to a second fixed price agreement that overlaps the first fixed price agreement, identifying as a second subset the components subject to the second fixed price agreement not subject to the first fixed price agreement, and identifying as a third subset the components subject to both the first fixed price agreement and the second fixed price agreement. The method also includes receiving a price change for a price associated with a component in one of the subsets of components, and distributing an offset of the price change to components in the other subsets of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jolie I. Bailey, Isaac G. Councill, Shun Jiang, Kenneth M. Johns, Steven Prather, James J. Rhodes