James B Mercer

US Patent:

20110060614, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

Apr 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/765947

Inventors:

Terrence G. Clark - Smithtown NY, US
Peter J. Gilbert - New York NY, US
James B. Mercer - Millville MA, US
Janne M.P. Koponen - Buckinghamshire, GB

Assignee:

Computer Associates Think, Inc. - Islandia NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 7, 705348

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for managing sustainability for an organization is disclosed. The method may include storing in a computer system a plurality of characteristics of an activity. The activity may contribute to the carbon footprint of an organization. The plurality of characteristics may include a unit of measurement, an activity category, a plurality of hierarchical descriptors, and a respective multiplier for each hierarchical descriptor. The method may further include receiving from the computer system data representing a number of the unit of measurement. Additionally, the method may include receiving from the computer system data representing a first one of the plurality of hierarchical descriptors. The method may further include calculating, using a processor of a computer unit, a carbon emission value based at least in part by multiplying the number of the unit of measurement by the respective multiplier of the first one of the plurality of hierarchical descriptors. The method may further include storing in the computer system the carbon emission value and receiving from the computer system data representing a second one of the plurality of hierarchical descriptors. The method may further include, in response to the received data representing the second one of the plurality of hierarchical descriptors, automatically updating the stored carbon emission value with a recalculated carbon emission value at least in part by the processor of the computer unit multiplying the number of the unit of measurement by the respective multiplier of the second one of the plurality of hierarchical descriptors.

US Patent:

20110060615, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

Apr 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/765991

Inventors:

Terrence G. Clark - Smithtown NY, US
James B. Mercer - Millville MA, US

Assignee:

Computer Associates Think, Inc. - Islandia NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for managing assessments for an organization is disclosed. The method may include storing in a computer system a plurality of instances of an assessment object. Each of the plurality of instances of an assessment object may be configured to track progress of a plurality of assessment attributes. The method may further include receiving an input associated with a plurality of at least a subset of the assessment attributes. Additionally, the method may include generating an assessment plan based at least in part on the received data. In certain embodiments, the method may include establishing a computer-based logical link between the assessment plan and least one sustainability project of the organization, the at least one sustainability project of the organization stored in the computer system. The method may further include receiving from the computer system data for each of the plurality of at least the subset of the assessment attributes. In various embodiments, the method may include generating using a computer unit an assessment report based at least in part on the received data for each of the plurality of at least the subset of the assessment attributes, the assessment report indicating progress of each of the plurality of at least the subset of the assessment attributes. The method may further include transferring the assessment report from the computer unit in a desired format.

US Patent:

20110060617, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

Apr 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/766027

Inventors:

Terrence G. Clark - Smithtown NY, US
Peter J. Gilbert - New York NY, US
James B. Mercer - Millville MA, US
Janne M.P. Koponen - Buckinghamshire, GB

Assignee:

Computer Associates Think, Inc. - Islandia NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 7, 705348

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for managing sustainability for an organization is disclosed. The method may include storing on one or more memory modules of a computer system a plurality of instances of an ecoActivity object. Each instance of the ecoActivity object may represent an activity of the organization affecting environmental sustainability. The method may further include storing a plurality of instances of an emission factor object. Each instance of the emission factor object may at least partially quantify one or more green house gas emissions as a function of one or more respective metrics. The method may include establishing a computer-based logical link between each one of the plurality of instances of the ecoActivity object and at least one of the instances of the emission factor object. In certain embodiments, the method may include receiving data representing the metric(s) for the logically linked instance(s) of the emission factor object. For each one of the plurality of instances of the ecoActivity object, the method may include calculating one or more green house gas emission quantities based at least in part by applying, for the logically linked at least one of the plurality of instances of the emission factor object, the function of the metric(s) to the received metric(s). Additionally, the method may include aggregating together at least some of the green house gas emission quantities. In various embodiments, the method may include transferring data representing the aggregation of the calculated green house gas emission quantities.

US Patent:

20110295609, Dec 1, 2011

Filed:

May 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/790224

Inventors:

Janne M.P. Koponen - Buckinghamshire, GB
Peter J. Gilbert - New Jersey NJ, US
Terrence G. Clark - Smithtown NY, US
James B. Mercer - Millville MA, US

Assignee:

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. - Islandia NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 11

Abstract:

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for itemizing pollutants of activities may be provided. The method may include receiving a first quantity of an activity that indicates an amount of the activity that is performed. The method may further include accessing a list of one or more pollutants that are released when the activity is performed. One or more pollutant factors may be selected. Each pollutant factor may be associated with a pollutant of the one or more pollutants and may indicate an amount of the associated pollutant released when the activity is performed. One or more pollutant quantities of the one or more pollutants may be calculated according to the first quantity of the performed activity and the pollutant factor associated with the pollutant. The method may also include facilitating display of the one or more pollutant quantities.

US Patent:

20150261577, Sep 17, 2015

Filed:

Mar 17, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/216144

Inventors:

- Islandia NY, US
Salvatore Pilo - Smithtown NY, US
Richard John Wcislicki Lankester - Ottawa, CA
James B. Mercer - Millville MA, US
Paul David Peterson - Round Rock TX, US
Lara Virginia Greden - Reston VA, US
Dhesikan Ananchaperumal - Shrewsbury MA, US
Francois Marie Bruno Cattoen - Newton MA, US

Assignee:

CA, INC. - Islandia NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/50
G06F 9/455

Abstract:

A resource management node includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations. The operations can include, for each of a plurality of guest virtual machines (VMs), determining operational resources of physical host machines available in a distributed computing system that are needed to provide the guest VM. The operations can further include determining an amount of infrastructure of a distributed computing system used by a defined placement of physical host machines in racks of the distributed computing system.