Robert J Gilmore

US Patent:

8027903, Sep 27, 2011

Filed:

Mar 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

10/907319

Inventors:

Fred Bishop - Glendale AZ, US
Sherry McCullough Easterwood - Mesa AZ, US
Pradeep Varghese George - Scottsdale AZ, US
Robert Del Gilmore - Peoria AZ, US
James Walker Mathews - Salt Lake City UT, US
Lawrence J. Mitsch - St. Paul MN, US
James Robert Rottman - Plymouth MN, US
James Denis Thornton - St. Paul MN, US

Assignee:

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37

Abstract:

A system and method for producing infrastructure health assessments enabling enterprises to monitor the health of individual technology portfolios and plan accordingly is disclosed. The tool uses two primary assessments to determine: 1) an infrastructure score based the general health of asset components; and 2) adaptability score based on asset components ability to interact with other elements within the asset. To generate the assessment scores, the tool accepts inventory input specific to a portfolio's assets and components. A user interacting with the tool provides classification information relating to each asset and component. The tool then calculates health assessment scores for both individual portfolio assets and for the portfolio as a whole.

US Patent:

8156028, Apr 10, 2012

Filed:

Aug 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/219944

Inventors:

Fred Bishop - Glendale AZ, US
Sherry McCullough Easterwood - Mesa AZ, US
Pradeep Varghese George - Scottsdale AZ, US
Robert Del Gilmore - Peoria AZ, US
James Walker Mathews - Salt Lake City UT, US
Lawrence J. Mitsch - Saint Paul MN, US
James Robert Rottman - Plymouth MN, US
James Denis Thornton - Plymouth MN, US

Assignee:

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 35

Abstract:

A system and method for producing infrastructure health assessments enabling enterprises to monitor the health of individual technology portfolios and plan accordingly is disclosed. The tool uses two primary assessments to determine: 1) an infrastructure score based the general health of asset components; and 2) adaptability score based on asset components ability to interact with other elements within the asset. To generate the assessment scores, the tool accepts inventory input specific to a portfolio's assets and components. A user interacting with the tool provides classification information relating to each asset and component. The tool then calculates health assessment scores for both individual portfolio assets and for the portfolio as a whole.