Patents by Inventor Richard Kevin Magnuson

Richard Kevin Magnuson 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).

  • System and method for automatically detecting, reporting, and tracking conflicts in a change management system
    Patent number: 8219541
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically detecting, reporting, and tracking conflicts in a change management system is provided. In particular, the system and method described herein may be used to identify potential conflicts associated with resources and schedules involved in a proposed change to an information technology infrastructure. A conflict analysis engine may analyze a change order that includes planned changes to an information technology infrastructure to identify potential conflicts associated with the change order that includes the planned changes to the information technology infrastructure. The potential conflicts may then be added to a conflicts list for the change order and a workflow may be created to manage resolving the potential conflicts. Thus, in response to resolving the potential conflicts, the planned changes may be deployed within the information technology infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kevin Magnuson, Stephen J. Siwek, Kelvin Lam, Rashmi Rekha Sahoo, A. V. S. S. N. S. Sudhakar, David Andrew Tootill
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING, REPORTING, AND TRACKING CONFLICTS IN A CHANGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110099158
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically detecting, reporting, and tracking conflicts in a change management system is provided. In particular, the system and method described herein may be used to identify potential conflicts associated with resources and schedules involved in a proposed change to an information technology infrastructure. A conflict analysis engine may analyze a change order that includes planned changes to an information technology infrastructure to identify potential conflicts associated with the change order that includes the planned changes to the information technology infrastructure. The potential conflicts may then be added to a conflicts list for the change order and a workflow may be created to manage resolving the potential conflicts. Thus, in response to resolving the potential conflicts, the planned changes may be deployed within the information technology infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kevin Magnuson, Stephen J. Siwek, Kelvin Lam, Rashmi Rekha Sahoo, A.V.S.S.N.S. Sudhakar, David Andrew Tootill