Patents by Inventor Tracy D. Smith

Tracy D. Smith 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).

  • Enterprise management using an enterprise program office (EPO)
    Patent number: 7613623
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for establishing an enterprise-specific enterprise program office (EPO) and an associated enterprise-specific EPO web site includes a server system operable to communicate with a plurality of client systems each associated with a corresponding enterprise. A database associated with the server system contains an EPO toolkit accessible to the client systems using the server system. The EPO toolkit includes a customizable EPO web site shell providing a generic EPO web site structure on which an enterprise may base an enterprise-specific EPO web site for an enterprise-specific EPO. The server system is operable to receive from a user a request for the customizable EPO web site shell, retrieve such shell from the database, and provide such shell to the user for customization, if desired, to create an enterprise-specific EPO web site shell with features particular to the corresponding enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Carole M. Nemecek, Tracy D. Smith, David A. Theriault
  • Enterprise management using an enterprise program office (EPO)
    Publication number: 20040054565
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for establishing an enterprise-specific enterprise program office (EPO) and an associated enterprise-specific EPO web site includes a server system operable to communicate with a plurality of client systems each associated with a corresponding enterprise. A database associated with the server system contains an EPO toolkit accessible to the client systems using the server system. The EPO toolkit includes a customizable EPO web site shell providing a generic EPO web site structure on which an enterprise may base an enterprise-specific EPO web site for an enterprise-specific EPO. The server system is operable to receive from a user a request for the customizable EPO web site shell, retrieve such shell from the database, and provide such shell to the user for customization, if desired, to create an enterprise-specific EPO web site shell with features particular to the corresponding enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Carole M. Nemecek, Tracy D. Smith, David A. Theriault