Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Dickson

Thomas S. Dickson 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: 7818288
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for modeling functional requirements for a project. The method includes creating a first model for a first project, categorizing a portion of the first model according to an eTOM area related to the first project, storing the first model in a repository according to the eTOM category, searching the repository for a model for a project categorized by an eTOM area similar to an eTOM area associated with a second project, and when a similar model is found, using the similar model as a basis for creation of a second model for the second project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Dickson, Carter Wayne Floyd, Jr., Lavanya Srinivasan, Robert Zagrosh
  • Patent number: 7694308
    Abstract: A system for representing the state of an enterprise software architecture is disclosed. The system comprises a datastore that contains a plurality of attributes of applications and of interfaces, including a state attribute. The system also comprises a plurality of stencils operable to define a graphic. The stencils are each associated with a script: that links back to the datastore, an application stencil operable to define an application graphic and associated with an application stencil script and an interface stencil operable to define an interface graphic and associated with an interface stencil. The system also comprises a template operable to define a drawing of an enterprise software architecture using the stencils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Dickson, Robert A. Mullinnix, Paul H. Park