Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Heard

Kenneth R. Heard 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).

  • Identifying service oriented architecture shared service opportunities
    Patent number: 9424540
    Abstract: An approach that identifies a service oriented architecture (SOA) shared service opportunity is provided. In one embodiment, there is an opportunity tool, including an identification component configured to identify a plurality of projects from each of a plurality of lines of business; a selection component configured to select a set of projects common to more than one line of business from the plurality of lines of business; and an evaluation component configured to evaluate the set of projects common to more than one line of business from the plurality of lines of business to identify a SOA shared service opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kishore Channabasavaiah, Kenneth R. Heard, Kerrie L. Holley, Pranav Jhumkhawala, Pawan Khera, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew B. Trevathan, Raghu Varadan, Nevenko Zunic
  • IDENTIFYING SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE SHARED SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
    Publication number: 20100280856
    Abstract: An approach that identifies a service oriented architecture (SOA) shared service opportunity is provided. In one embodiment, there is an opportunity tool, including an identification component configured to identify a plurality of projects from each of a plurality of lines of business; a selection component configured to select a set of projects common to more than one line of business from the plurality of lines of business; and an evaluation component configured to evaluate the set of projects common to more than one line of business from the plurality of lines of business to identify a SOA shared service opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kishore Channabasavaiah, Kenneth R. Heard, Kerrie L. Holley, Pranav Jhumkhawala, Pawan Khera, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew B. Trevathan, Raghu Varadan, Nevenko Zunic