Patents by Inventor Susan Jane Williams

Susan Jane Williams 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).

  • Identifying and measuring adherence to software development requirements
    Patent number: 8180659
    Abstract: An approach to identifying and measuring adherence to software development requirements is presented. A software agent provides a user with product and technical questions. In turn, the user provides product and technical answers, or attributes, which are stored in a repository. A globalization plan generator uses the product and technical attributes to generate a software development plan. In addition, a globalization verification test generator uses the globalization plan to generate a test plan and measure the success of the software product based upon the test plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Michael Francis Moriarty, Dale Martin Schultz, William James Sullivan, Susan Jane Williams, Luis Zapata
  • Identifying and Measuring Adherence to Software Development Requirements
    Publication number: 20080163157
    Abstract: An approach to identifying and measuring adherence to software development requirements is presented. A software agent provides a user with product and technical questions. In turn, the user provides product and technical answers, or attributes, which are stored in a repository. A globalization plan generator uses the product and technical attributes to generate a software development plan. In addition, a globalization verification test generator uses the globalization plan to generate a test plan and measure the success of the software product based upon the test plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Michael Francis Moriarty, Dale Martin Schultz, William James Sullivan, Susan Jane Williams, Luis Zapata