Patents by Inventor Renee C. Mullins

Renee C. Mullins 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: 7873944
    Abstract: Maintaining and testing a software application by performing regression testing uses standard reusable test cases from change history records to generate actual test cases. A new test case template is created upon saving a change history entry. A subset of the actual and new test cases is determined, and new actual test cases generated and documented from the subset. The new actual test cases are released after successful verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bangel, James A. Martin, Jr., Renee C. Mullins, Douglas G. Murray
  • Patent number: 7849068
    Abstract: A system and program product for updating a data record of a database to cancel a deployment of a computer workstation. A deployment status is changed from a starting status to a deployed status via intermediate statuses and then the deployment is canceled. From a decision tree stored in the database, a list of identifiers that identifies an ordered list of software routines is generated. An email message is created that includes a selectable object and a hidden field. The list of identifiers is inserted into the hidden field. The email message is sent to a user. The user's selection of the selectable object is received. The list of identifiers is obtained from the hidden field and the software routines are retrieved from the database. The software routines are executed in their order to update the status from deployed to the starting status via updates to the intermediate statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bangel, Robert G. Madsen, Renee C. Mullins
  • Patent number: 7827050
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for managing goals. A goal to be achieved by a goal-setter is defined. At least one action to be completed is defined. The at least one action is associated with an achievement of the goal by the goal-setter. One or more goal-setter attributes associated with the goal-setter are specified. At least one of the one or more goal-setter attributes is associated with the goal to facilitate managing the goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bangel, Scott D. Hicks, James A. Martin, Jr., Renee C. Mullins, Diane C. Rauch
  • Publication number: 20090024638
    Abstract: A system and program product for updating a data record of a database to cancel a deployment of a computer workstation. A deployment status is changed from a starting status to a deployed status via intermediate statuses and then the deployment is canceled. From a decision tree stored in the database, a list of identifiers that identifies an ordered list of software routines is generated. An email message is created that includes a selectable object and a hidden field. The list of identifiers is inserted into the hidden field. The email message is sent to a user. The user's selection of the selectable object is received. The list of identifiers is obtained from the hidden field and the software routines are retrieved from the database. The software routines are executed in their order to update the status from deployed to the starting status via updates to the intermediate statuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bangel, Robert G. Madsen, Renee C. Mullins
  • Patent number: 7472126
    Abstract: A method for updating a data record of a database to cancel a deployment of a computer workstation. A status of the deployment is changed from a starting status to a deployed status via intermediate statuses and then the deployment is canceled. From a decision tree stored in the database, a list of identifiers that identifies an ordered list of software routines is generated. An Email message is created that includes a selectable object and a hidden field. The list of identifiers is inserted into the hidden field. The email message is sent to a user. The user's selection of the selectable object is received. The list of identifiers is obtained from the hidden field and the software routines are received from the database. The software routines are executed in their order to update the status from deployed to the starting status via updates to the intermediate statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bangel, Robert G. Madsen, Renee C. Mullins