Patents by Inventor William R. Kittel

William R. Kittel 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).

  • Method for providing both automated and on demand project performance measurements
    Patent number: 8103948
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying and reporting project completion information of a large-scale project having a number of individual subprojects. A rollup agent is employed for acquiring project completion information from a number of subproject databases to provide overall project-wide display and reporting capabilities. The rollup agent collects and organizes the information, and stores it on a rollup database. The rollup agent also interacts with a user to select aspects of any subprojects to report or display. The rollup agent then creates and stores reports of the selected information, or displays the report interactively as a pop-up summary report or a spreadsheet format report to a user. A number of scheduled agents provide scheduled reporting at the subproject level. A number of on demand agents provides the interactive database view, pop-up reporting and spreadsheet reporting for each of the individual subprojects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory F. Cox, Joseph I. Greenbaum, Scott D. Hicks, William R. Kittel, James A. Martin, Jr., Steven Nigro, Thomas G. Sveda, Jr., James T. Swantek
  • Storing, updating, and reporting on migration data using automated agents
    Patent number: 7315977
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying and reporting project completion information of a large-scale project having a number of individual subprojects. A rollup agent is employed for acquiring project completion information from a number of subproject databases to provide overall project-wide display and reporting capabilities. The rollup agent collects and organizes the information, and stores it on a rollup database. The rollup agent also interacts with a user to select aspects of any subprojects to report or display. The rollup agent then creates and stores reports of the selected information, or displays the report interactively as a pop-up summary report or a spreadsheet format report to a user. A number of scheduled agents provide scheduled reporting at the subproject level. A number of on demand agents provides the interactive database view, pop-up reporting and spreadsheet reporting for each of the individual subprojects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory F. Cox, Joseph I. Greenbaum, Scott D. Hicks, William R. Kittel, James A. Martin, Jr., Steven Nigro, Thomas G. Sveda, Jr., James T. Swantek