Patents by Inventor Robin Lougee-Heimer

Robin Lougee-Heimer 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).

  • Probabilistic optimization of resource discovery, reservation and assignment
    Patent number: 8560365
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product allocate multiple resources from multiple organizations. A series of requests for multiple resources from multiple organizations is received. The multiple resources are required to accomplish a specific task, and each of the multiple resources is assigned a probability of consumption. Probabilities of availability of the multiple resources are then determined and transmitted to the organizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Friedlander, James R. Kraemer, Robin Lougee-Heimer, Kirill M. Osipov
  • PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION OF RESOURCE DISCOVERY, RESERVATION AND ASSIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20110301967
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product allocate multiple resources from multiple organizations. A series of requests for multiple resources from multiple organizations is received. The multiple resources are required to accomplish a specific task, and each of the multiple resources is assigned a probability of consumption. Probabilities of availability of the multiple resources are then determined and transmitted to the organizations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ROBERT R. FRIEDLANDER, JAMES R. KRAEMER, ROBIN LOUGEE-HEIMER, KIRILL M. OSIPOV
  • Multi-objective decision-support methodology
    Patent number: 5940816
    Abstract: A method for effecting computer implemented decision support. The method can improve on a candidate solution by allowing problem solving methods to cooperate towards the creation of a more desirable solution. The method can realize an enhanced understanding of tradeoffs inherent in competing objectives, and can incorporate factors or special considerations not easily specified, by enabling the decision maker to actively participate in the creation of a more desirable solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Mack Fuhrer, Raymond T. Henry, Rama Kalyani T. Akkiraju, Robin Lougee-Heimer, Seshashayee Sankarshana Murthy, John Nathan Rachlin, Martin C. Sturzenbecker, Frederick Yung-Fung Wu