System and method of calculating a projected service cost assessment

US7600154B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert L. Appleman · Wake Forest, US
• David Frederick Champion · Durham, US
• Cary Frederick De Van · Cary, US
• Walter Metz · Moosbrunn, DE
• David Sawin · Durham, US
• Hoyt C. Simmons · Apex, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer-usable medium for computing a serviceability assessment, calculating a preventative maintenance assessment, and in response to computing the serviceability and preventative maintenance assessments, computing a projected service cost assessment. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a processor, a data bus, and a computer-readable medium including a serviceability assessment tool. The serviceability assessment tool further includes a serviceability assessment module, a hardware installation assessment module, a preventative maintenance assessment module, and a projected service cost assessment module.