Patents by Inventor Nancy L. Burchfield

Nancy L. Burchfield 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: 9100363
    Abstract: A system and computer program product for automatically generating one or more rules during IT transformation for configuring one or more firewall interfaces in a post-transformation target environment include obtaining at least one communication pattern occurring in a pre-transformation source environment, and automatically generating one or more vendor-neutral rules for one or more intended firewall interfaces in a post-transformation target environment based on the at least one communication pattern occurring in the source environment and based on information derived from the target environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy L. Burchfield, Nathaniel Hang, Rafah A. Hosn, James W. Murray, Harigovind V. Ramasamy
  • Publication number: 20090012914
    Abstract: A process and computer program product for adjusting a price derived from a benchmark computer service model to a price of a computer service contract, or vice versa. Differences in service between the benchmark computer service model and the computer service contract are determined. Then, a price adjustment due to the differences is determined. The price adjustment may be based on incremental cost of labor and tools to account for the differences between the benchmark computer service and the computer service contract. Then, the price of the benchmark computer service model is compared to the price of the computer service contract with the price adjustment. The benchmark computer service model and the computer service contract can both include computer program support services, computer hardware support services, a help desk call center service and/or network maintenance services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Nancy L. Burchfield, Chester M. Mauk
  • Patent number: 7379923
    Abstract: A process and computer program product for adjusting a price derived from a benchmark computer service model to a price of a computer service contract, or vice versa. Differences in service between the benchmark computer service model and the computer service contract are determined. Then, a price adjustment due to the differences is determined. The price adjustment may be based on incremental cost of labor and tools to account for the differences between the benchmark computer service and the computer service contract. Then, the price of the benchmark computer service model is compared to the price of the computer service contract with the price adjustment. The benchmark computer service model and the computer service contract can both include computer program support services, computer hardware support services, a help desk call center service and/or network maintenance services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy L. Burchfield, Chester M. Mauk