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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Servicenow, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason Occhialini, Loomis, CA (US);

Ryan Currier, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

ServiceNow, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/219 (2019.01); H04L 41/5006 (2013.01); H04L 41/5074 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing service level agreement (SLA) definition and validation of SLA parameters are disclosed. An SLA may be defined with parameters and goals to achieve desirable business results for information technology (IT) software updates, configuration changes, security incidents, and other functions performed by IT personnel. Once a proposed SLA definition is available and before it is put into production use, historical data may be applied to the SLA. This historical application of data may be used to determine a level of conformance to the proposed SLA based on real world historical information for a particular customer. Because different corporations have different capabilities and expectations, a one-size fits all SLA may not be appropriate. A timeline visualization with zoom capability and state transition icons is disclosed. Disclosed, visualization techniques of proposed definitions may enhance the accuracy and acceptability of those proposed definitions.


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