Patents by Inventor Lee Tsiao

Lee Tsiao 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: 10917313
    Abstract: A method and system for managing at least one service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer of the service provider under a service level agreement. The service level agreement is a contract between the service provider and the customer. Measurement data and at least one adjudication element associated with a service level of the at least one service level are adjudicated in accordance with the at least one adjudication element such that the adjudication generates a respective adjudicated data point for each data point of the measurement data. The measurement data includes at least one data point measured on a respective resource that provides the service. A modification history chain is generated by: initially establishing the modification history chain as being empty; and adding an identification of each adjudicated element applied to each data point of the measurement data to the modification history chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Melissa Buco, Rong N. Chang, Joel D. Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Laura Z. Luan, Lee Tsiao, Christopher Ward
  • Publication number: 20170272334
    Abstract: A method and system for managing at least one service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer of the service provider under a service level agreement. The service level agreement is a contract between the service provider and the customer. Measurement data and at least one adjudication element associated with a service level of the at least one service level are adjudicated in accordance with the at least one adjudication element such that the adjudication generates a respective adjudicated data point for each data point of the measurement data. The measurement data includes at least one data point measured on a respective resource that provides the service. A modification history chain is generated by: initially establishing the modification history chain as being empty; and adding an identification of each adjudicated element applied to each data point of the measurement data to the modification history chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Melissa Buco, Rong N. Chang, Joel D. Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Laura Z. Luan, Lee Tsiao, Christopher Ward
  • Publication number: 20170250878
    Abstract: A method and system for managing at least one service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer of the service provider under a service level agreement. The service level agreement is a contract between the service provider and the customer. Measurement data and at least one adjudication element associated with a service level of the at least one service level are retrieved in an electronic format. The measurement data and the at least one adjudication element are stored in a datastore. The measurement data includes at least one data point measured on a respective resource that provides the service. The retrieved measurement data are adjudicated for the service level in accordance with the at least one adjudication element such that the adjudication generates a respective adjudicated data point for each data point of the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Melissa Buco, Rong N. Chang, Joel D. Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Laura Z. Luan, Lee Tsiao, Christopher Ward
  • Patent number: 9749194
    Abstract: A method and system for managing at least one service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer of the service provider under a service level agreement. The service level agreement is a contract between the service provider and the customer. Measurement data and at least one adjudication element associated with a service level of the at least one service level are retrieved in an electronic format. The measurement data and the at least one adjudication element are stored in a datastore. The measurement data includes at least one data point measured on a respective resource that provides the service. The retrieved measurement data are adjudicated for the service level in accordance with the at least one adjudication element such that the adjudication generates a respective adjudicated data point for each data point of the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Melissa Buco, Rong N. Chang, Joel D. Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Laura Z. Luan, Lee Tsiao, Christopher Ward
  • Patent number: 8438117
    Abstract: A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The actual measurement data is adjudicated to correct the measurement data in accordance with at least one adjudication element that provides information relating to how to correct the measurement data. The adjudicated measurement data is transformed into operational data by being reorganized into one or more groups of data. The operational data is evaluated by applying a formula to the operational data, resulting in the operational data being configured for being subsequently qualified. The operational data is qualified by comparing the evaluated operational data with specified service level targets for at least one service level period and identifying operational data points meeting and/or not meeting the specified service level targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Melissa Buco, Rong N. Chang, Joel D. Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Laura Zaihua Luan, Lee Tsiao, Christopher Ward
  • Patent number: 7228255
    Abstract: A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The measurement data is adjudicated to correct the measurement data in accordance with at least one adjudication element that identifies a rule specifying how to correct the measurement data. The adjudicated measurement data is transformed into operational data by merging the adjudicated measurement data using a logic specified in the service level agreement. The operational data is evaluated by applying a formula to the operational data, resulting in the operational data being configured for being subsequently qualified. The operational data is qualified by comparing the evaluated operational data with specified service level targets for at least one service level period and identifying operational data points meeting and/or not meeting the specified service level targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Joel Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Lee Tsiao
  • Publication number: 20060171509
    Abstract: A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The actual measurement data is adjudicated to correct the measurement data in accordance with at least one adjudication element that provides information relating to how to correct the measurement data. The adjudicated measurement data is transformed into operational data by being reorganized into one or more groups of data. The operational data is evaluated by applying a formula to the operational data, resulting in the operational data being configured for being subsequently qualified. The operational data is qualified by comparing the evaluated operational data with specified service level targets for at least one service level period and identifying operational data points meeting and/or not meeting the specified service level targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Melissa Buco, Rong Chang, Joel Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Laura Luan, Lee Tsiao, Christopher Ward
  • Publication number: 20060167870
    Abstract: A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The measurement data is adjudicated to correct the measurement data in accordance with at least one adjudication element that identifies a rule specifying how to correct the measurement data. The adjudicated measurement data is transformed into operational data by merging the adjudicated measurement data using a logic specified in the service level agreement. The operational data is evaluated by applying a formula to the operational data, resulting in the operational data being configured for being subsequently qualified. The operational data is qualified by comparing the evaluated operational data with specified service level targets for at least one service level period and identifying operational data points meeting and/or not meeting the specified service level targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Berthaud, Joel Dalsky, Shih-Chung Fang, Lee Tsiao