Patents by Inventor Terri A. Vines

Terri A. Vines 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).

  • Patent number: 8359566
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable medium for creating software in a standardized manner are presented. The method includes the steps of: receiving, at a software factory, a description of software needs from a customer; creating, in the software factory, a project proposal that meets performance criteria found in the description of software needs; inducting the project proposal into the software factory, where inducting the project proposal initially evaluates the project proposal's compatibility with a capacity of the software factory; parsing the project proposal into major functional areas; retrieving work packets that are appropriate for the project proposal, where the work packets are pre-stored, reusable, self-contained, discrete units of software code; assembling the work packets into a deliverable software; testing the deliverable software; and delivering the deliverable software to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jarir K. Chaar, Ronald D. Finlayson, Juan P. Giraldo, Steven R. Lang, Naomi M. Mitsumori, Hari Rajagopal, Francis X. Reddington, Terri A. Vines
  • Publication number: 20080256516
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable medium for creating software in a standardized manner are presented. The method includes the steps of: receiving, at a software factory, a description of software needs from a customer; creating, in the software factory, a project proposal that meets performance criteria found in the description of software needs; inducting the project proposal into the software factory, wherein inducting the project proposal initially evaluates the project proposal's compatibility with a capacity of the software factory; parsing the project proposal into major functional areas; retrieving work packets that are appropriate for the project proposal, wherein the work packets are pre-stored, reusable, self-contained, discrete units of software code; assembling the work packets into a deliverable software; testing the deliverable software; and delivering the deliverable software to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Jarir K. Chaar, Ronald D. Finlayson, Juan P. Giraldo, Steven R. Lang, Naomi M. Mitsumori, Hari Rajagopal, Francis X. Reddington, Terri A. Vines