Patents by Inventor Steve Tocco

Steve Tocco 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).

  • System and method for software performance testing and determining a frustration index
    Patent number: 8171459
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a frustration index for a software suite based upon the measurements of the software's performance. The frustration index communicates the overall state of a customer's performance-related user experience as defined by a set of testing criteria and specified testing scenarios. Actual test measurements of one or more pre-specified criteria in one or more pre-specified testing scenarios or operating environments are first received, calculated or otherwise determined. Priority weights are provided for each of the pre-specified criteria in each of the pre-specified testing scenarios. Actual test measurements are then compared to target quantities, to provide a delta percentage between the actual measurements and the target quantities. The frustration index (or indices) is calculated as the result of a ratio of the delta percentage between the actual and the target to the priority weight of the criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Oja, Steve Tocco, Bill Roth
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE TESTING AND DETERMINING A FRUSTRATION INDEX
    Publication number: 20090138856
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a frustration index for a software suite based upon the measurements of the software's performance. The frustration index communicates the overall state of a customer's performance-related user experience as defined by a set of testing criteria and specified testing scenarios. Actual test measurements of one or more pre-specified criteria in one or more pre-specified testing scenarios or operating environments are first received, calculated or otherwise determined. Priority weights are provided for each of the pre-specified criteria in each of the pre-specified testing scenarios. Actual test measurements are then compared to target quantities, to provide a delta percentage between the actual measurements and the target quantities. The frustration index (or indices) is calculated as the result of a ratio of the delta percentage between the actual and the target to the priority weight of the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: BEA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Oja, Steve Tocco, Bill Roth