Patents by Inventor Jian B.J. Qiu

Jian B.J. Qiu 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).

  • Publication number: 20150248690
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for cost optimization for bundled licenses are provided herein. A method includes generating a decision matrix associated with multiple licenses and multiple products, wherein said decision matrix comprises one or more programmable properties; populating the decision matrix with input, wherein said input comprises multiple product and license correlations among the multiple licenses and the multiple products associated with the decision matrix; applying one or more user-configurable rules to the populated decision matrix; and determining a cost optimization for the multiple licenses and the multiple products associated with the decision matrix based on said applying said one or more user-configurable rules to the populated decision matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Li Ya Fan, Nicholas C. Fuller, Jian B.J. Qiu, Zhe Zhang