Adaptive analysis technique for planning office layout

• US 20050182636A1
• Filed: 10/28/2003
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Levanoni, Menachem, Kurtzberg, Jerome
• Application Number:
  US10/695,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20050182636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A computer method for enhancing office layout. The method includes the steps of providing a requirements database comprising a compendium of office requirements history; providing an office database comprising a compendium of at least one of office layout solutions, office information, and office diagnostics; and, employing an adaptive analysis technique for interrogating the requirements and office databases for generating an output data stream, the output data stream correlating office requirements with office layout solution.

Claims

1. A computer method comprising the steps of:

i) providing a requirements database comprising a compendium of office requirements history;

ii) providing an office database comprising a compendium of at least one of office layout solutions, office information, and office diagnostics; and

iii) employing an adaptive analysis technique for interrogating said requirements and office databases for generating an output data stream, said output data stream correlating office requirements with office layout solution.

2. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of updating the requirements database.

3. A method according to claim 2, comprising a step of updating the requirements database so that it includes the results of employing an adaptive analysis technique.

4. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of updating the office database.

5. A method according to claim 4, comprising a step of updating the office database so that it includes the effects of employing an adaptive analysis technique on the requirements database.

6. A method according to claim 2, comprising a step of refining the employed adaptive analysis technique in cognizance of pattern changes embedded in each database as a consequence of updating the requirements database.

7. A method according to claim 4, comprising a step of refining the employed adaptive analysis technique in cognizance of pattern changes embedded in each database as a consequence of updating the office database.

8. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of employing neural networks as the adaptive analysis technique.

9. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for providing an interactive office management database, the method comprising the steps of:

i) providing a requirements database comprising a compendium of office requirements history;

ii) providing an office database comprising a compendium of at least one of office layout solutions, office information, and office diagnostics; and

iii) employing an adaptive analysis technique for interrogating said requirements and office databases for generating an output data stream, said output data stream correlating office requirements with office layout solution.

10. A computer comprising:

i) means for inputting a requirements database comprising a compendium of office requirements history;

ii) means for inputting an office database comprising a compendium of at least one of office management solutions, office information, and office diagnostics;

iii) means for employing an adaptive analysis technique for interrogating said requirements and office databases; and

iv) means for generating an output data stream, said output data stream correlating office requirements with office layout solution.