Patents by Inventor Tom Fazal

Tom Fazal 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: 8428982
    Abstract: A performance monitoring system receives data from one or more data sources. It transforms the received data into the performance information relating to predefined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); and stores it into a KPI store. The system also calculates scores based on the received data and the performance information stored in the KPI store. Thus, the system can indicate changes in the KPIs through an information presentation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Adendorff, Tom Fazal, Simon Palmer
  • Patent number: 7904302
    Abstract: A process management system comprises a process model, a process engine and a process user interface. The process model stores predefined configurable process metadata components of one or more business management processes. The process engine configures the process metadata components. The process engine also generates user interface contents for a specific management process based on a set of the process metadata components relevant to the specific management process. The process user interface presents the user interface contents for configuration of the process metadata components, and for conducting the specific management process using the generated user interface contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Adendorff, Tom Fazal
  • Patent number: 7870016
    Abstract: A report management system is provided for creating reports to be used by a business intelligence tool that generates instances of reports including information retrieved from one or more underlying data sources. The report management system has an interactive modeling user interface for receiving user inputs and presenting options for management of reports, a content group manager for manipulation of definition of content groups in response to user inputs through the modeling user interface, a measure assignment manager for managing assignment of measures to the content groups in response to user inputs through the modeling user interface, and a report assembler for assembling reports for the content groups based on information of the measures assigned to the content groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Fazal, Michael Adendorff, Simon Palmer
  • Patent number: 7720804
    Abstract: A data warehouse solution system comprises a metadata model, a user interface and an engine. The metadata model has an information needs model including metadata regarding information needs for building reports by users, and a data information model including metadata describing data that is available for building reports. The user interface has a customer user interface for presenting the information needs model to the users for report generation, and a modeling user interface for presenting the data information model to the users for manipulating data warehouse objects. The engine has a report management service unit for providing report management service using the information needs model, and a data management service unit for providing data management service including generation of a data warehouse using the data information model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Fazal, Michael Adendorff, Simon Palmer, Carm Janneteau, Simon Evans, Anatoly Tulchinsky, Gregory Dorval
  • Publication number: 20080183744
    Abstract: A process management system comprises a process model, a process engine and a process user interface. The process model stores predefined configurable process metadata components of one or more business management processes. The process engine configures the process metadata components. The process engine also generates user interface contents for a specific management process based on a set of the process metadata components relevant to the specific management process. The process user interface presents the user interface contents for configuration of the process metadata components, and for conducting the specific management process using the generated user interface contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Cognos Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Adendorff, Tom Fazal
  • Publication number: 20070239769
    Abstract: A data warehouse solution system comprises a metadata model, a user interface and an engine. The metadata model has an information needs model including metadata regarding information needs for building reports by users, and a data information model including metadata describing data that is available for building reports. The user interface has a customer user interface for presenting the information needs model to the users for report generation, and a modeling user interface for presenting the data information model to the users for manipulating data warehouse objects. The engine has a report management service unit for providing report management service using the information needs model, and a data management service unit for providing data management service including generation of a data warehouse using the data information model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Tom Fazal, Michael Adendorff, Simon Palmer, Carm Janneteau, Simon Evans, Anatoly Tulchinsky, Gregory Dorval
  • Publication number: 20070239508
    Abstract: A report management system is provided for creating reports to be used by a business intelligence tool that generates instances of reports including information retrieved from one or more underlying data sources. The report management system has an interactive modeling user interface for receiving user inputs and presenting options for management of reports, a content group manager for manipulation of definition of content groups in response to user inputs through the modeling user interface, a measure assignment manager for managing assignment of measures to the content groups in response to user inputs through the modeling user interface, and a report assembler for assembling reports for the content groups based on information of the measures assigned to the content groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Tom Fazal, Michael Adendorff, Simon Palmer
  • Publication number: 20040102926
    Abstract: A performance monitoring system receives data from one or more data sources. It transforms the received data into the performance information relating to predefined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); and stores it into a KPI store. The system also calculates scores based on the received data and the performance information stored in the KPI store. Thus, the system can indicate changes in the KPIs through an information presentation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Adendorff, Tom Fazal, Simon Palmer