Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Winters

Christopher J. Winters 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).

  • Database Security
    Publication number: 20230075240
    Abstract: A method includes automatically determining a component of a security label for each first record in a first table of a database having multiple tables, including: identifying a second record related to the first record according to a foreign key relationship; identifying a component of the security label for the second record; and assigning a value for the component of the security label for the first record based on the identified component of the security label for the second record. The method includes storing the determined security label in the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher J. Winters
  • Database security
    Patent number: 11531775
    Abstract: A method includes automatically determining a component of a security label for each first record in a first table of a database having multiple tables, including: identifying a second record related to the first record according to a foreign key relationship; identifying a component of the security label for the second record; and assigning a value for the component of the security label for the first record based on the identified component of the security label for the second record. The method includes storing the determined security label in the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christopher J. Winters
  • Database Security
    Publication number: 20160125197
    Abstract: A method includes automatically determining a component of a security label for each first record in a first table of a database having multiple tables, including: identifying a second record related to the first record according to a foreign key relationship; identifying a component of the security label for the second record; and assigning a value for the component of the security label for the first record based on the identified component of the security label for the second record. The method includes storing the determined security label in the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christopher J. Winters
  • Processing data updates within a data maintenance system
    Patent number: 9092639
    Abstract: Maintaining data in a data management system including at least one processor and a storage system includes accessing a first data source providing one or more source elements of data; accessing a storage system storing one or more subsets of data, each subset including at least one element of data, and storing one or more descriptors identifying a data source for a subset and identifying a data source for each of one or more elements of the subset; and processing rules that determine if, according to the descriptors, an element in the storage system is allowed to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Winters, Anthony Yeracaris, Joel Gould
  • Data Maintenance System
    Publication number: 20100138383
    Abstract: Maintaining data in a data management system including at least one processor and a storage system includes accessing a first data source providing one or more source elements of data; accessing a storage system storing one or more subsets of data, each subset including at least one element of data, and storing one or more descriptors identifying a data source for a subset and identifying a data source for each of one or more elements of the subset; and processing rules that determine if, according to the descriptors, an element in the storage system is allowed to be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher J. Winters, Anthony Yeracaris, Joel Gould