Patents by Inventor Martin L. Flournory

Martin L. Flournory 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: 6219805
    Abstract: A method and system for assessing risks associated with software systems include the steps of dynamically retrieving, from a plurality of external database systems, a set of risk factor data associated with the components of the software systems, and determining risk values of the components, respectively, based on a predefined risk model and the retrieved risk factor data. The retrieved risk factor data represents a multi-dimensional view of the potential risks associated with the components, and may include two or more of code complexities, architectural relationships, fault histories, development activities, designer profiles, component contention, and/or usage profiles of the software components. The risk model includes a set of risk relations that associate the retrieved risk factor data with the risk values of the components. The risk relations may be defined by correlating historical risk factor data with actual risk measurements of the components using statistical or other quantitative methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Wendell Davis Jones, Stephen J. Aud, John P. Hudepohl, Martin L. Flournory, William B. Snipes, Eric C. Schutz