Anil M Nigam

US Patent:

6662355, Dec 9, 2003

Filed:

Aug 11, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/372030

Inventors:

Nathan S. Caswell - Yorktown Heights NY
Arthur C. Ciccolo - Ridgefield CT
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

717103, 705 1

Abstract:

A method s for specifying and implementing automation of business processes where the specification is independently manipulable by both the business process owner and technical implementers, and resulting technical elements can be tested for compliance with every detail in the specification. The method creates a single shared model suitable for understanding and execution in both the business and technical domains by focusing on the specification problem in the area of business automation. The solution to the specification problem lies in Information, Function, Flow (IFF or IF ) factorization of business processes. Models of the business are constructed by way of the IF modeling methodology. This is a complete model which includes, by construction, external specifications of each task included in the business model. The modularization problem is solved by preserving the partitioning of the system created in the business model.

US Patent:

6829703, Dec 7, 2004

Filed:

Aug 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/652042

Inventors:

Nathan S. Caswell - Yorktown Heights NY
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15177

US Classification:

713 1, 713100

Abstract:

A method for validating a specific device configuration when the set of all valid configurations is too large to practically enumerate. The method comprises the steps of selecting a set of components to be included in the device configuration, wherein the set has a single sink component in the set with only sink interfaces; defining an interface for each component, wherein each component is characterized as having a source or a sink property; and establishing connections between components based on the interface of each component. Connections are validated by ensuring that source and sink components have the same property values. Connections are established by verifying that the capacity of the sink is greater than or equal to the capacity of the source, and determining that for each source property there is one sink property with the same value and for each source property that there is one sink property with the same value.

US Patent:

7552078, Jun 23, 2009

Filed:

Feb 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/067219

Inventors:

David Flaxer - Dobbs Ferry NY, US
Paul Gregory Greenstein - Croton-on-Hudson NY, US
Robert Cornelius Hampshire - Lima OH, US
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT, US
John George Vergo - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 36R, 705 35, 705 37

Abstract:

Generating a transition plan for a computer resource portfolio, representing each resource as a state machine, by generating a transition plan, the transition plan having a set of acts for transitioning states of the resources, to move the computer resource portfolio from a present state, the present state based on an inventory of present computer capabilities, to a future state. The future state is identified based on a difference between a present state and an identified state meeting given performance requirements. The transition plan is optimized to maximize the sum value of the computer resource portfolio values added over the state sequence of the transition.

US Patent:

7574379, Aug 11, 2009

Filed:

Jan 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/328919

Inventors:

David Bernard Flaxer - Dobbs Ferry NY, US
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT, US
Guy Jonathan James Rackham - New York NY, US
John George Vergo - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 26, 705 1, 705 7, 705 9, 705 11, 707101

Abstract:

A method and system are described for using business artifacts to identify elements of a component business model. Artifacts operated upon by the business are first identified, and then used to analyze the business into business operations. This is done by identifying every business activity that acts on an artifact, creating directed graphs for the business activities, and decomposing the directed graphs into sub-graphs, each sub-graph representing a business operation and being annotated by a verb expression, the annotated sub-graph representing a business service. The business services are then clustered into non-overlapping components, using common affinities reflected in the verb expressions, and organized by partitioning into internal and external operations, exposing a business service for each external operation. The components are then clustered into non-overlapping business competencies, and arranged by accountability level.

US Patent:

7991669, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Jul 26, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/493442

Inventors:

David Bernard Flaxer - Dobbs Ferry NY, US
Richard Thomas Goodwin - Dobbs Ferry NY, US
Vijay Sourirajan Iyengar - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT, US
John George Vergo - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 36R, 705 35

Abstract:

An Enterprise Management Portfolio Hub allows a user to perform enterprise portfolio management activities from a single point of control. EPMH relates information, analysis, display and control based on the organizing concept of the business components that comprise the CBM map of the enterprise by collecting portfolio information from existing portfolio management tools and generating a portfolio model. It allows the user to interact with or access information from various Portfolio Management applications and services through the portfolio model. EPMH supports evaluative techniques that can be used to identify areas for business transformation and to generate transition plans.

US Patent:

8340995, Dec 25, 2012

Filed:

Mar 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/058320

Inventors:

David Bernard Flaxer - Dobbs Ferry NY, US
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT, US
Guy Jonathan James Rackham - New York NY, US
John George Vergo - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711, 705 713, 705 727, 705 736, 705 2681

Abstract:

A method and system are described for using business artifacts to identify elements of a component business model. Artifacts operated upon by the business are first identified, and then used to analyze the business into business operations. This is done by identifying every business activity that acts on an artifact, creating directed graphs for the business activities, and decomposing the directed graphs into sub-graphs, each sub-graph representing a business operation and being annotated by a verb expression, the annotated sub-graph representing a business service. The business services are then clustered into non-overlapping components, using common affinities reflected in the verb expressions, and organized by partitioning into internal and external operations, exposing a business service for each external operation. The components are then clustered into non-overlapping business competencies, and arranged by accountability level.

US Patent:

8516435, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Jun 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/142040

Inventors:

Rama Kalyani T. Akkiraju - San Jose CA, US
Manisha Dattatraya Bhandar - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Pankaj Dhoolia - Uttar Pradesh, IN
Shiwa Fu - Chappaqua NY, US
Nilay Ghosh - West Bengal, IN
Tilak Mitra - Coconut Creek FL, US
Rakesh Mohan - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT, US
Dipankar Saha - West Bengal, IN
Wei Zhao - Beijing, CN

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 9/45

US Classification:

717104, 717106, 717140, 717162

Abstract:

A method for generating implementation artifacts for contextually-aware business applications includes utilizing a platform independent model (PIM) of a business application; generating a platform specific model (PSM) from the PIM, wherein the generating of a PSM includes one or more transformations between one or more meta-models of the PIM and one or more meta-models of the generated PSM; generating implementation artifacts; and binding the generated implementation artifacts with any existing services of the business application.

US Patent:

20050091093, Apr 28, 2005

Filed:

Oct 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/692898

Inventors:

Kumar Bhaskaran - Englewood Cliffs NJ, US
Stephen Buckley - White Plains NJ, US
Nathan Caswell - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Hung-Yang Chang - Scarsdale NY, US
Joachim Frank - Greenwich CT, US
Rainer Hauser - Thalwil, CH
Ying Huang - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Shubir Kapoor - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Jana Koehler - Luzern, CH
Santhosh Kumaran - Croton On Hudson NY, US
Prabir Nandi - Bayside NY, US
Anil Nigam - Stamford CT, US
Zhong Tian - Beijing, CN
Jian Wang - Beijing, CN
Frederick Wu - Cos Cob CT, US
Jun Zhu - Beijing, CN

Assignee:

INERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705007000

Abstract:

A system and method for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprises modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity; modeling business operations of the entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, and business commitment elements including incorporating key performance indicators; mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model; and, measuring business performance and comparing performance measurements against the key performance indicators. The business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing. A business level modeling language is further implemented for formally representing the business operations.