Timothy A Morrison

US Patent:

6526387, Feb 25, 2003

Filed:

Aug 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/386046

Inventors:

Michael Ruffin - Calumet Park IL
Kristin R. Jayaram - Fishkill NY
Timothy I. Morrison - Tillson NY
Allen H. Preston - Poughkeepsie NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

705 7, 705 1, 705 37

Abstract:

A method, system and program product for determining the value to an enterprise of a proposed technology modification is presented herein. The information technology resources of an enterprise are partitioned into segments along any number of various lines such as business process, geography, etc. The partitioning creates one or more sets of partitioned segments. Within a given segment the resources are profiled in accordance with the information technology priorities of the enterprise and mapped against the complexity of the proposed modification to derive an opportunity score. The opportunity scores for the profiled segments are examined to determine if the partitioning has been effective and if not, the process is repeated. Once an effective partitioning has been effected the opportunity scores of the segments indicate a measure of the respective value of the proposed modification within each segment.

US Patent:

6675149, Jan 6, 2004

Filed:

Aug 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/385936

Inventors:

Michael Ruffin - Calumet Park IL
Carlos A. Ordonez - Poughkeepsie NY
Eva L. Yan - Hyde Park NY
Allen H. Preston - Poughkeepsie NY
Timothy I. Morrison - Tillson NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1700

US Classification:

705 8

Abstract:

A method, system and program product for matching the an information technology enhancement project with the resource and priorities of an enterprise is presented herein. A set of objectives for the information technology resources is defined and prioritized as to their importance to the enterprise. The information technology resources for the enterprise are partitioned into segments along a predetermined common property such as geography or skill-base. Each segment is compared to a set of desire information technology characteristics and a score for each characteristic is assigned to each segment and summed providing a total characteristic score for each segment. The total characteristic score is weighted in light of the prioritized objects by virtue of a correlation created between the objectives and the characteristics. The weighted scores are ranked and then classified in accordance with a set of potential information technology enhancement projects to facilitate the selection of one or more of the projects.

US Patent:

7280636, Oct 9, 2007

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/957878

Inventors:

Timothy I. Morrison - Darien IL, US
Ivan Nesch - Crown Point IN, US
Gocha Khelashvili - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H01J 35/00

US Classification:

378122, 378136, 378143

Abstract:

An x-ray source for producing a uniformly intense area x-ray beam. The x-ray source includes a vacuum chamber. An area electron emitter is disposed at a first end of the vacuum chamber. A target material is disposed at a second end of the vacuum chamber and spaced apart from the area electron emitter. The area electron emitter and the target material are correspondingly shaped and/or correspondingly curved. The x-ray source also includes at least one high voltage power source. The area electron emitter is electrically connected to a negative pole of one of the at least one high voltage power source and the target electrically connected to a positive pole of one of the at least one high voltage power source.

US Patent:

62497693, Jun 19, 2001

Filed:

Nov 2, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/183961

Inventors:

Michael Ruffin - Calumet Park IL
Kristin R. Jayaram - Fishkill NY
Ann C. Merenda - Pleasant Valley NY
Timothy I. Morrison - Tillson NY
Carlos A. Ordonez - Poughkeepsie NY
Allen H. Preston - Poughkeepsie NY
Joseph L. Temple - Hurley NY
Eva L. Yan - Hyde Park NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

The information technology environment and requirements of a business entity are evaluated via an interactive engagement process, system and program product to successively match the entity's needs to a set of information technology solutions so as to generate a business solution deliverables such as a formal solution proposal. The engagement entails the determination of the entity's ability to participate in the evaluation. The engagement next includes partitioning the entity's information technology infrastructure into segments along the lines of established business criteria, receiving profile information from the entity thereon and mapping the profiled segments to potential solutions creating an ordered listing of solutions. Ordered solutions may be selected for detailed investigation including a further profiling of the segment to which the solution is to be applied and a workload analysis of the proffered solution. Upon successful completion of the workload analysis a business solution proposal and other deliverables may be generated.

US Patent:

20190180562, Jun 13, 2019

Filed:

Feb 19, 2019

Appl. No.:

15/929105

Inventors:

- Wood Dale IL, US
John E. Vaughn - Palatine IL, US
Timothy Craig Morrison - Carpentersville IL, US

International Classification:

G07F 17/32

Abstract:

A token dispensing system is adapted suitable for installing a token dispenser in a game device. A mounting bracket for the token dispenser provides a simple and inexpensive way to install the token dispenser as part of the token dispensing system inside the housing of a game device. The dispensing system includes an electronic control circuit that controls an alarm device to provide a low level warning signal when the level of tokens in the token dispenser is low and an empty warning signal when the token dispenser is empty. The electronic control circuit controls dispensing tokens from the token dispenser such that a user receives the correct number of tokens even if the dispenser runs out of tokens in the middle of dispensing a selected number of tokens during a transaction.

US Patent:

20160217655, Jul 28, 2016

Filed:

Apr 4, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/090067

Inventors:

- Wood Dale IL, US
John E. Vaughn - Palatine IL, US
Timothy Craig Morrison - Carpentersville IL, US

International Classification:

G07F 17/32

Abstract:

A token dispensing system is adapted suitable for installing a token dispenser in a game device. A mounting bracket for the token dispenser provides a simple and inexpensive way to install the token dispenser as part of the token dispensing system inside the housing of a game device. The dispensing system includes an electronic control circuit that controls an alarm device to provide a low level warning signal when the level of tokens in the token dispenser is low and an empty warning signal when the token dispenser is empty. The electronic control circuit controls dispensing tokens from the token dispenser such that a user receives the correct number of tokens even if the dispenser runs out of tokens in the middle of dispensing a selected number of tokens during a transaction.

US Patent:

20140274312, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/836550

Inventors:

- Wood Dale IL, US
John E. Vaughn - Palatine IL, US
Timothy Craig Morrison - Carpentersville IL, US

Assignee:

NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC. - Wood Dale IL

International Classification:

G07F 17/32

US Classification:

463 25, 29428, 2483112, 700232

Abstract:

A token dispensing system is adapted suitable for installing a token dispenser in a game device. A mounting bracket for the token dispenser provides a simple and inexpensive way to install the token dispenser as part of the token dispensing system inside the housing of a game device. The dispensing system includes an electronic control circuit that controls an alarm device to provide a low level warning signal when the level of tokens in the token dispenser is low and an empty warning signal when the token dispenser is empty. The electronic control circuit controls dispensing tokens from the token dispenser such that a user receives the correct number of tokens even if the dispenser runs out of tokens in the middle of dispensing a selected number of tokens during a transaction.