Patents by Inventor Debra Ann Walling

Debra Ann Walling 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).

  • Method and apparatus for evaluating assets for compliance to a security policy
    Patent number: 7975286
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for evaluating one or more assets for compliance to at least one network security policy are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request for evaluating at least one asset for compliance to at least one security policy. The method then performs an evaluation of compliance on the at least one asset to determine compliance of the at least one asset to the at least one security policy. The method then records a result of the evaluation of compliance into a database. Finally, the method tracks the at least one asset that has been deemed to be non-compliant to the at least one security policy over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Kathryn Lynn Fickey, William A. O'Hern, John Francis Wallace, Debra Ann Walling, Deborah Ann Wilkinson