METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-BASED OPPORTUNITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT

• US 20130014061A1
• Filed: 07/03/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Patel, Sunil C., Dietz, Evan R., Larson, Christopher R.
• Application Number:
  US13/541,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20130014061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/841
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for use in controlling an operating environment includes: scoring a plurality of events detected within the operating environment to indicate an objective importance for a decision maker to address; presenting to the decision maker the scored events ranked relative to one another by their scores; receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked events; scoring a plurality of alternative options to the selected event; presenting to the decision maker the options ranked relative to one another by their scores; receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked options. In other aspects, a computing apparatus is programmed to perform such a method and a program storage medium is encoded with instructions that, when executed by computing device, perform such a method.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for use in controlling an operating environment, the method comprising:

scoring a plurality of events detected within the operating environment to indicate an objective importance for a decision maker to address;

presenting to the decision maker the scored events ranked relative to one another by their scores;

receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked events;

scoring a plurality of options with which to service the selected event;

presenting to the decision maker the options ranked relative to one another by their scores; and

receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked options.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the events present risks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the events present opportunities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the scoring includes a assigning a plurality of weights to a plurality of parameters associated with each respective event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the parameters are predefined.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the weights are predefined.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the weights are user configurable in real time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the alternative actions include actions that overlap.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the ranked events and the ranked options are displayed simultaneously.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising inquiring of a system resource whether a selected option is still viable for execution.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying the pending status of the selection while the inquiry is made.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the serviced status of the selected event when the viability of the selected option is confirmed.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the serviced status of the selected event.

14. A computing apparatus programmed to perform a computer-implemented method for use in controlling an operating environment, the method comprising:

scoring a plurality of events detected within the operating environment to indicate an objective importance for a decision maker to address;

presenting to the decision maker the scored events ranked relative to one another by their scores;

receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked events;

scoring a plurality of options with which to service the selected event;

presenting to the decision maker the options ranked relative to one another by their scores; and

receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked options.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the scoring in the programmed method includes a assigning a plurality of weights to a plurality of parameters associated with each respective event.

17. The computing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the ranked events and the ranked options are displayed simultaneously.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the programmed method further comprises inquiring of a system resource whether a selected option is still viable for execution.

15. A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by computing device, perform a computer-implemented method for use in controlling an operating environment, the method comprising:

scoring a plurality of events detected within the operating environment to indicate an objective importance for a decision maker to address;

presenting to the decision maker the scored events ranked relative to one another by their scores;

receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked events;

scoring a plurality of options with which to service the selected event;

presenting to the decision maker the options ranked relative to one another by their scores; and

receiving a selection by the decision maker of a particular one of the ranked options.

19. The program storage medium of claim 15, wherein the scoring in the method includes a assigning a plurality of weights to a plurality of parameters associated with each respective event.

20. The program storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises inquiring of a system resource whether a selected option is still viable for execution.