Patents by Inventor William Stephen Schaefer

William Stephen Schaefer 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).

  • Simulation of business transformation outsourcing of sourcing, procurement and payables
    Patent number: 7548872
    Abstract: An example of a solution provided here comprises: performing a spending simulation, process simulation, information technology simulation, and value simulation, providing interactions among the simulations, and representing with the simulations the use by a client organization of one or more business transformation outsourcing services, such as sourcing, procurement, and payables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Les Keay, Craig Alan Keenan, John Arthur Ricketts, William Stephen Schaefer