Patents by Inventor Thomas Lee Seitz

Thomas Lee Seitz 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 estimating service oriented labor costs
    Publication number: 20030130861
    Abstract: A system and method for managing capacity of professional and technical services is presented. A customer request is received resource types are determined with corresponding service levels to satisfy the customer request. Labor rates are generated according to service levels, or urgency levels of the customer request. Labor rates are influenced by two primary cost drivers which are resource utilization and resource overtime amount to satisfy the customer request. A customer bid is generated using the labor rates by service levels and adding non-labor cost and profit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Lee Seitz