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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:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Applicants:
Kai Cieliebak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Beat Liver, Adiswil, CH;
Inventors:
Kai Cieliebak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Beat Liver, Adiswil, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for managing operational risk and return with respect to a portfolio of service-level agreements is provided, wherein the method uses a noncompliance risk measure to calculate risk; and wherein, principals of portfolio theory are applied to characterize the portfolio for comparison with other possible portfolios.