Patents by Inventor Rick E. Isom

Rick E. Isom 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 of forecasting resource needs
    Patent number: 6101460
    Abstract: A method of forecasting having the steps of extracting a number of computer usage records and storing the computer usage records in a records file (102). The computer usage records are then sorted according to date (104). The computer usage records are summarized within a number of date ranges to form a usage summarization record (106). A curve fitting model is applied to the usage summarization record to predict a computer usage trend curve (108). A computer usage forecast is then input (110). A computer usage growth curve is based on the computer usage forecast (112). The computer usage trend curve and the computer usage growth curve are displayed (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher S. Brinkerhoff, David B. Clarkson, Rick E. Isom