Patents by Inventor Roberta L. Reis

Roberta L. Reis 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).

  • Publication number: 20140207503
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for allocating people to subdivisions of a team. A set of skills is assigned to the team, and each of the skills has a range of skill levels. In one embodiment, the method comprises establishing, for each of the team subdivisions, a plurality of the skill levels for the set of skills, and determining a profile for the subdivision based on the skill levels established for the subdivision. For each person of a group of people, one skill level is assigned to the person for each skill of the set of skills, a profile is calculated for the person based on the skill levels assigned to the person, and the person is allocated to one of the subdivisions based on a comparison of the profile of the person and the profile of one or more of the subdivisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Roberta L. Reis