Patents by Inventor Thomas Bachofner

Thomas Bachofner 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: 7899695
    Abstract: Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a value function for the service is dependent on at least value parameter, and comprises provision of a serviced entity base case being characteristic for at least one serviced entity value parameter without provision of a service and provision of a set of projects and their interdependencies being eligible for providing the service, each project having a given impact on a subset of one or both of the at least one serviced entity value parameter and at least one service provider value parameter. The risk/reward model is determined by way of performing a selection of the sets of projects resulting in a selection, further the model provides a risk/reward line, the risk/reward line is characteristic for whether a reward or a penalty is accredited to the service provider depending on achieved results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Kenyon, Thomas Bachofner
  • Patent number: 7881956
    Abstract: Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a value function for the service is dependent on at least one value parameter, and comprises provision of a serviced entity base case being characteristic for at least one serviced entity value parameter without provision of a service and provision of a set of projects and their interdependencies being eligible for providing the service, each project having and impact on a subset of one or both of the at least one serviced entity value parameter and at least one service provider value service. The risk/reward model is determined by way of performing a selection of the sets of projects resulting in a selection set, further the model provides a risk/reward line, the risk/reward line is characteristic for whether a reward or penalty is accredited to the service provider depending on achieved results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Kenyon, Thomas Bachofner
  • Publication number: 20080235068
    Abstract: Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a service provider value function for the service is dependent on at least one service provider value parameter. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity value function for the service being dependent on at least one serviced entity value parameter. It further comprises provision of weighting values for the serviced entity value function and the service provider value function. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity base case being characteristic for at least one serviced entity value parameter without provision of a service by the service provider and provision of a set of projects and their interdependencies being eligible for providing the service, each project having a given impact on a subset of one or both of the at least one serviced entity value parameter and at least one service provider value parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Kenyon, Thomas Bachofner
  • Publication number: 20070101165
    Abstract: Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a service provider value function for the service is dependent on at least one service provider value parameter. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity value function for the service being dependent on at least one serviced entity value parameter. It further comprises provision of weighting values for the serviced entity value function and the service provider value function. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity base case being characteristic for at least one serviced entity value parameter without provision of a service by the service provider and provision of a set of projects and their interdependencies being eligible for providing the service, each project having a given impact on a subset of one or both of the at least one serviced entity value parameter and at least one service provider value parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Kenyon, Thomas Bachofner