Patents by Inventor Jeff B. Cotten

Jeff B. Cotten 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).

  • System, method, and computer program product for automated categorization of data processing services and components
    Patent number: 8806061
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product to enable component providers to submit components, along with associated metadata for the component, to a service brokerage system. This allows the brokerage to automatically categorize the component and enables the assembly of the components into services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sanjay P. Lobo, Jeff B. Cotten, Jeffrey L. Wacker
  • System, method, and computer program product for brokering data processing service licenses
    Patent number: 7426485
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for brokering data processing service licenses, including allocation and provisioning of the licenses. Preferred embodiments includes a functional architecture for services license brokerage, a license allocation process and a license provisioning process, a service license scheduler, and a definition of metadata for the service license brokerage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjay P. Lobo, Jeff B. Cotten, Jeffrey L. Wacker