System and method for creation of optimal range boundaries in a range management system

US7653450B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Richard G. Burda · Pleasant Valley, US
• Aseem K. Joshi · Wappingers Falls, US
• Sameer T. Shikalgar · Wappingers Falls, US
• Susan Kangas van Oss · Lagrangeville, US
• Patrick R. Varekamp · Ossining, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for defining optimal range boundaries in a range management system. The method comprises assigning process routings to the flows, applying range break rules to the flows based on the input data regarding operations and toolsets, and outputting the results of the applying step to provide range break boundaries. The system comprises at least one device configured to receive input data, assign process routings to flows, determine range breaks by applying range break rules to the input data and the process routings, and output the results of the determining step.