Patents by Inventor Terence Dale Smetanka

Terence Dale Smetanka 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).

  • E-business competitive measurements
    Patent number: 8527620
    Abstract: An example of a solution provided here comprises providing a generic task list, and applying the generic task list to a first business process and a second business process. Applying the generic task list includes mapping a transaction step in the first business process to a similar transaction step in the second business process. Another example of a solution comprises mapping a transaction step in a first application to a similar transaction step in a second application, a current threshold value, and a supporting application, inputting performance measures for the first and second applications, and outputting a performance comparison report, based on the mapping and the performance measures. The mapping, the inputting, and the outputting may be performed for a plurality of transaction steps in the first application and a plurality of transaction steps in the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stig Arne Olsson, Terence Dale Smetanka, Geetha Vijayan
  • E-business competitive measurements
    Publication number: 20040205100
    Abstract: An example of a solution provided here comprises providing a generic task list, and applying the generic task list to a first business process and a second business process. Applying the generic task list includes mapping a transaction step in the first business process to a similar transaction step in the second business process. Another example of a solution comprises mapping a transaction step in a first application to a similar transaction step in a second application, a current threshold value, and a supporting application, inputting performance measures for the first and second applications, and outputting a performance comparison report, based on the mapping and the performance measures. The mapping, the inputting, and the outputting may be performed for a plurality of transaction steps in the first application and a plurality of transaction steps in the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stig Arne Olsson, Terence Dale Smetanka, Geetha Vijayan