Innovation engines

• US 7,533,035 B1
• Filed: 11/18/2005
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Abend C. Josh
• Original Assignee: Abend C. Josh
• Inventors: O'Hagan, Robert, Abend, C. Josh
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith; Jeffrey A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DESHPANDE, KALYAN K
• Application Number:
  US11/282,149
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7
• US Class Current: 705/7.36
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals

Abstract

A method and system to manage, exchange, and apply innovation related IT data. The method includes receiving data inputs from several sources, qualifying data inputs, selecting one or more of the qualified data inputs, selecting at least one innovation technique, and applying the selected innovation technique to the selected data input. Potential innovation solutions would result from the successful innovation technique. A second test is applied to each one of the potential solutions, and at least one of potential solutions is selected. Each step in the process and the results thereof can be archived. A first embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of managing, exchanging, and applying innovation data. A second embodiment of the invention is directed to a system of managing, exchanging, and applying innovation data. A third embodiment of the invention is directed to a graphical user interface to manage, exchange, and apply innovation related data.

Claims

1. A system of managing innovation, comprising:

a computer processor; and

computer accessible memory operably linked to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions directing the at least one computer processor to perform the steps of;

receiving data input from one or more sources;

qualifying the data inputs, wherein the qualifying of the data inputs comprises;

assigning a time to complete requirement factor to the data;

assigning a resource impact factor to the data;

assigning a serendipity factor to the data;

assigning a feasibility factor to the data;

assigning an overall worthiness of direction factor to the data;

calculating a potential importance factor to the data by summing the time to complete factor, the resource impact factor, serendipity factor, feasibility factor, and overall worthiness of direction factor;

ranking the potential importance factor of each of the input data; and

abandoning any potential solution if the solution fails to exceed a predetermined potential importance factor threshold value;

selecting at least one of the qualified data inputs;

selecting at least one innovation technique, wherein the at least one innovation technique is selected from the group of categories comprising solution finding, direction finding, strategic development, and intelligence and communication;

applying the at least one innovation technique to the selected qualified data input;

determining potential solutions based on the result of applying the at least one innovation technique to the selected qualified data input;

testing the potential solutions by applying (a) a first test to determine any further development possibilities or development problems and (b) a second test comprising;

assigning at least one factor to the potential solution, determining a numeric rating for the at least one factor, calculating an average of the numeric ratings for each factor, and ranking the solutions based on the calculated numeric average of the factors of the potential solutions;

displaying the second test in an analog graph, wherein the analog graph comprises a meter needle that is positioned to the left or right of a scale indicating a value;

selecting at least one of the potential solutions based on the results of the testing of the potential solutions;

storing the selected potential solutions in a database; and

implementing the selected potential solutions.