Patents by Inventor Matthew E. Perkins

Matthew E. Perkins 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: 8682701
    Abstract: As provided, a method for capital expenditure/expense flip targeting and balancing in software pipeline management that includes providing, for each of multiple projects in a software project pipeline, a set of inputs that includes 1) resource demand, 2) budget constraint, 3) start date, and 4) a capital expenditure/expense flip date. The method also includes aggregating the inputs. The method further comprises calculating an overall capital expenditure/expense ratio, and comparing the ratio to a threshold as of a predetermined date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Margaret J. Knauth, Matthew E. Perkins, Debra L. Roberts, James L. Crum, Janene A. Munkirs
  • Patent number: 8606614
    Abstract: As provided, a method of integration of hardware, software and vendor labor in software development pipeline management that comprises providing, for each of multiple projects in a software project pipeline, a set of inputs that includes 1) timing, 2) demand inputs, 3) supply inputs. The method further comprises aggregating the inputs. The method further comprises identifying one or more constraints in the software development pipeline when the demand inputs and the supply inputs are not in balance with the input timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Kanemoto, Matthew E. Perkins, Margaret J. Knauth
  • Patent number: 8341591
    Abstract: As provided, a method for real time optioning includes providing, for each of multiple projects in a software development pipeline, a set of inputs, the inputs comprising at least one input from a group consisting of 1) work-in-progress inputs relating to a current project in a software development pipeline and 2) placeholder inputs relating to a future project in the software development pipeline. The method also includes aggregating the inputs resulting in one or more constraints. The method further includes implementing a test change that has an impact on one or more constraints in the software development pipeline, and outputting, in real-time, the impact of the test change on the one or more constraints in the software development pipeline. The impact is at least one of positive and negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Margaret J. Knauth, Michael W. Kanemoto, Matthew E. Perkins, James L. Crum