Patents by Inventor Kelly A. Lyman

Kelly A. Lyman 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 APPARATUS FOR EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION USING A COMPONENT-BASED BUSINESS MODEL
    Publication number: 20100318957
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for operating a business including operations to receive an enterprise model, define at least one new association between a first and a second business element in the enterprise model, federate a business analysis tool, and determine a business-related impact of the new association on other business elements in the enterprise model. The enterprise model is received at a model server and includes two or more business elements and a map of business components. The collection of business elements indicates associations between one or more business elements. The business analysis tools can filter the enterprise model and are federated by incorporating a business element generated from the business analysis tool into the enterprise model. The business-related impact is determined by using the business analysis tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rama K. Akkiraju, Valeria Becker, Rong Zeng Cao, Juan M. Cappi, Wei Ding, Richard T. Goodwin, Shun Jiang, Juhnyoung Lee, Kelly A. Lyman, Rakesh Mohan, Pablo Pesce, Jorge Sanz, Ignacio G. Terrizzano, Chun Hua Tian, John Vergo