Patents by Inventor Robert E. Roth

Robert E. Roth 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).

  • Managing cross project dependencies in project management applications
    Patent number: 10664779
    Abstract: In a first project management application, a GET object is created to obtain a deliverable product used in a task, the first project management application managing a dependent plan, the dependent plan including the task. In the GET object, a first field is populated using a project-wide unique plan identifier associated with a delivering plan. To form a logical link in the GET object, a second field is populated using a project-wide unique link identifier associated with a link for the deliverable product between the dependent plan and the delivering plan. In the delivering plan, a construction of a GIVE object is caused corresponding to the deliverable product. To form an actual link in the GET object, a third field is populated with a reference to a GIVE object in the delivering plan. A dependency for the deliverable product is managed using the actual link and the logical link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerald A. Gura, Robert E. Roth
  • MANAGING CROSS PROJECT DEPENDENCIES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170124499
    Abstract: In a first project management application, a GET object is created to obtain a deliverable product used in a task, the first project management application managing a dependent plan, the dependent plan including the task. In the GET object, a first field is populated using a project-wide unique plan identifier associated with a delivering plan. To form a logical link in the GET object, a second field is populated using a project-wide unique link identifier associated with a link for the deliverable product between the dependent plan and the delivering plan. In the delivering plan, a construction of a GIVE object is caused corresponding to the deliverable product. To form an actual link in the GET object, a third field is populated with a reference to a GIVE object in the delivering plan. A dependency for the deliverable product is managed using the actual link and the logical link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: GERALD A. GURA, Robert E. Roth