Patents by Inventor Benjamin M. Landman

Benjamin M. Landman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7996891
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for generating anonymous assertions. Exemplary embodiments include a method for generating anonymous assertions, the method comprising engaging anonymous role authentication via one or more authenticator services, generating an assertion token on a trusted assertion device that is booted into a trusted configuration, and processing the assertion and validating a right of the user to make the assertion for the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Cardone, Michael A. Halcrow, Benjamin M. Landman, Kent E. Yoder
  • Publication number: 20090193509
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for generating anonymous assertions. Exemplary embodiments include a method for generating anonymous assertions, the method comprising engaging anonymous role authentication via one or more authenticator services, generating an assertion token on a trusted assertion device that is booted into a trusted configuration, and processing the assertion and validating a right of the user to make the assertion for the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard J. Cardone, Michael A. Halcrow, Benjamin M. Landman, Kent E. Yoder
  • Publication number: 20090072030
    Abstract: An apparatus for a paper-free, verifiable, electronic voting system, comprising an electronic voting machine including at least one direct recording electronic device, at least one ballot summary, where each of the ballot summaries representing selections of a voter, at least one ballot verification subsystem that creates, displays, and stores said ballot summaries, at least one ballot summary storage repository for storing said ballot summaries as saved ballot summaries, and an optional network for communication among components of the electronic voting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Cardone, Michael A. Halcrow, Benjamin M. Landman, Kent Yoder
  • Publication number: 20090072031
    Abstract: A method for a paper-free, verifiable, electronic voting system, the method comprising the steps of submitting votes by a voter using a direct-recording electronic voting machine, requesting a ballot summary from the direct-recording electronic voting machine, creating a ballot summary in a verification subsystem, displaying the ballot summary by the voting machine, casting a ballot by the voter, tallying votes by the electronic voting system, requesting the ballot summary be saved by the voting machine, saving the ballot summary securely by the verification subsystem, and displaying a cast ballot message on the voting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Cardone, Michael A. Halcrow, Benjamin M. Landman, Kent Yoder
  • Publication number: 20090072032
    Abstract: A method for voting in a trusted electronic voting system under the control of an election authority, the method comprising: casting a ballot having ballot information, the ballot information representing votes by a voter; receiving a request to cast the ballot by a voting machine, the voting machine running as a trusted computing platform; tallying the votes in a tally module; displaying the status of the vote tallying on the voting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Cardone, Michael A. Halcrow, Benjamin M. Landman, Kent Yoder
  • Publication number: 20090076891
    Abstract: An apparatus for executing a trusted electronic voting system under the control of an election authority comprising: at least one electronic voting machine; an election configuration for the voting machine in the electronic voting system; and a trusted computing platform for the voting machine in the electronic voting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Cardone, Michael A. Halcrow, Benjamin M. Landman, Kent Yoder