Patents by Inventor Michael Lubrecht

Michael Lubrecht 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).

  • Methods for managing standards
    Publication number: 20060161879
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method of instructing at least one operator in a best practices implementation of a standards facility for managing at least one standard in an information technology (IT) environment comprising a plurality of standards to be managed, the IT environment being managed in accordance with at least some aspects of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), the at least some aspects of the MOF comprising a change management service management function (SMF) that documents, assesses the impact of, approves, schedules and reviews changes in the IT environment and a configuration management SMF that identifies and documents components of the IT environment and relationships between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lubrecht, Kathryn Pizzo, Dinah Turner, Mark Sutherland
  • Methods for managing capacity
    Publication number: 20060161884
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of instructing at least one operator in a best practices implementation of a process for managing resource capacity in an information technology (IT) environment is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lubrecht, Kathryn Pizzo, Andrew Savvides, Anthony Baron, Efstathios Papaefstathiou
  • Methods for standards management
    Publication number: 20060161444
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method of instructing at least one operator in a best practices implementation of a standards facility for managing at least one standard in an information technology (IT) environment comprising a plurality of standards to be managed, the IT environment being managed in accordance with at least some aspects of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), the at least some aspects of the MOF comprising a change management service management function (SMF) that documents, assesses the impact of, approves, schedules and reviews changes in the IT environment and a configuration management SMF that identifies and documents components of the IT environment and relationships between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lubrecht, Kathryn Pizzo, Dinah Turner, Mark Sutherland
  • Methods for capacity management
    Publication number: 20060161883
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of instructing at least one operator in a best practices implementation of a process for managing resource capacity in an information technology (IT) environment is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lubrecht, Kathryn Pizzo, Andrew Savvides, Anthony Baron, Efstathios Papaefstathiou