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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Joseph L. Temple, III, Hurley, NY (US);
Luis I. Hernandez, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Rachmil Jacobovits, Rockville, MD (US);
Donald Jue, San Marino, CA (US);
Timothy I. Morrison, Tillson, NY (US);
Peter A. Nagel, Howorth, NJ (US);
James S. O'Higgins, Toronto, CA;
Christopher D. Pratt, Newmarket, CA;
William D. Reeder, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Ruffin, Calumet Park, IL (US);
Jack A. Silver, Gormley, CA;
Robert E. Vik, II, Danbury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for optimizing an IT environment, the method incorporating relational databases in conjunction with unique data acquisition and querying techniques providing a flexible query feedback of IT software, hardware and network parameters.