Patents by Inventor Philip J. Taylor

Philip J. Taylor 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).

  • Method, system and program product for conditionally controlling changes to key data fields in a project database
    Patent number: 9805318
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for performing one or more actions in response to a change made to a key data field in a project management application for managing a project. The method includes establishing one or more metrics to be monitored for a project, defining one or more actions for at least one key data field of a plurality of key data fields in the project management application, the one or more actions being defined in accordance with a level of control to be exercised and being triggered by one or more pre-specified conditions associated with the one or more metrics monitored for the project. The method further includes automatically performing at least one action of the one or more actions in response to a relative impact to the project caused by a change made to the at least one key data field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tanya J. Ellis, Andrew J. Garrett, Scott D. Hicks, James A. Martin, Jr., Philip J. Taylor
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONDITIONALLY CONTROLLING CHANGES TO KEY DATA FIELDS IN A PROJECT DATABASE
    Publication number: 20080027775
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for performing one or more actions in response to a change made to a key data field in a project management application for managing a project. The method includes establishing one or more metrics to be monitored for a project, defining one or more actions for at least one key data field of a plurality of key data fields in the project management application, the one or more actions being defined in accordance with a level of control to be exercised and being triggered by one or more pre-specified conditions associated with the one or more metrics monitored for the project. The method further includes automatically performing at least one action of the one or more actions in response to a relative impact to the project caused by a change made to the at least one key data field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tanya J. Ellis, Andrew J. Garrett, Scott D. Hicks, James A. Martin, Philip J. Taylor