Patents by Inventor Scott Michael Preddy

Scott Michael Preddy 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automatically improving a set of initial return on investment calculator templates
    Patent number: 7720634
    Abstract: A method for updating the return on investment (ROI) templates used by business consultants. The present invention comprises a Template Evaluation Program (TEP) and a Template Analysis Program (TAP). The TEP compares the default template to the templates modified by the consultants for the customer's ROI analysis and assigns an effectiveness factor to the modified templates. The TAP develops a data list from the default templates and the effectiveness factors and plots the data on a histogram. The TAP performs a statistical analysis for each parameter and updates the default template parameter values if the data fits a normal distribution curve. If the data forms more than one peak on the histogram, then the TAP uses one peak to update the default template and uses the second peak to create a new template. The new template's parameter value is derived from the data in the second peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Viktors Berstis, Xiaolin Li, Scott Michael Preddy, Brian Scott Stein
  • Apparatus and method for automatically improving a set of initial return on investment calculator templates
    Patent number: 7603253
    Abstract: A method for updating the return on investment (ROI) templates used by business consultants. The present invention comprises a Template Evaluation Program (TEP) and a Template Analysis Program (TAP). The TEP compares the default template to the templates modified by the consultants for the customer's ROI analysis and assigns an effectiveness factor to the modified templates. The TAP develops a data list from the default templates and the effectiveness factors and plots the data on a histogram. The TAP performs a statistical analysis for each parameter and updates the default template parameter values if the data fits a normal distribution curve. If the data forms more than one peak on the histogram, then the TAP uses one peak to update the default template and uses the second peak to create a new template. The new template's parameter value is derived from the data in the second peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Viktors Berstis, Xiaolin Li, Scott Michael Preddy, Brian Scott Stein
  • Apparatus and Method for Automatically Improving a Set of Initial Return on Investment Calculator Templates
    Publication number: 20080306793
    Abstract: A method for updating the return on investment (ROI) templates used by business consultants. The present invention comprises a Template Evaluation Program (TEP) and a Template Analysis Program (TAP). The TEP compares the default template to the templates modified by the consultants for the customer's ROI analysis and assigns an effectiveness factor to the modified templates. The TAP develops a data list from the default templates and the effectiveness factors and plots the data on a histogram. The TAP performs a statistical analysis for each parameter and updates the default template parameter values if the data fits a normal distribution curve. If the data forms more than one peak on the histogram, then the TAP uses one peak to update the default template and uses the second peak to create a new template. The new template's parameter value is derived from the data in the second peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Viktors Berstis, Xiaolin Li, Scott Michael Preddy, Brian Scott Stein