Patents by Inventor Rodney D. Best

Rodney D. Best 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).

  • Root cause analysis validation through inverse causation
    Patent number: 10956826
    Abstract: From a sequence of answers, a last remaining answer is selected. A set of answers in the sequence of answers are responsive to a set of questions resolved during an analysis of a reported problem in a data processing environment. An answer pair is formed using the last remaining answer and another answer which immediately precedes the last remaining answer in the sequence of answers. A probability is determined of the last remaining answer being caused by the other answer in the answer pair. When the probability is below a threshold value, a review workflow is triggered corresponding to a portion of the analysis. The portion includes a question corresponding to an answer in the answer pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rodney D. Best, Randy S. Johnson, Tedrick N. Northway
  • ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS VALIDATION THROUGH INVERSE CAUSATION
    Publication number: 20170330098
    Abstract: From a sequence of answers, a last remaining answer is selected. A set of answers in the sequence of answers are responsive to a set of questions resolved during an analysis of a reported problem in a data processing environment. An answer pair is formed using the last remaining answer and another answer which immediately precedes the last remaining answer in the sequence of answers. A probability is determined of the last remaining answer being caused by the other answer in the answer pair. When the probability is below a threshold value, a review workflow is triggered corresponding to a portion of the analysis. The portion includes a question corresponding to an answer in the answer pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney D. Best, Randy S. Johnson, Tedrick N. Northway