Patents by Inventor Derek M. Jennings

Derek M. Jennings 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: 8028269
    Abstract: A compliance method and system. The method includes receiving by computing system compliance data comprising a plurality of compliance rules from a plurality of different compliance domains. The plurality of compliance rules are converted from said text format to a first plurality of program objects. Attributes for the first plurality of program objects are modified. A compliance report comprising an output of the plurality of program objects is generated. An automated compliance verification software tool compares the first plurality of program objects with compliance verification data in order to verify if the first plurality of program objects is in accordance with the compliance verification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ritu Bhatia, Derek M. Jennings, Lyle Smith Simons
  • Patent number: 7779304
    Abstract: Applications that utilize a database are managed through the use of meta-metadata. The database contains multiple database objects. Each database object has metadata that describes one or more operational characteristics of that database object. Each metadata has an associated meta-metadata, which describes a variance to the metadata. An application program is provided access to one or more database objects. If a change in behavior occurs for the application program that has accessed the database objects, the meta-metadata for the accessed database objects is correlated with the application program accessing the database objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Derek M. Jennings
  • Publication number: 20080313498
    Abstract: Applications that utilize a database are managed through the use of meta-metadata. The database contains multiple database objects. Each database object has metadata that describes one or more operational characteristics of that database object. Each metadata has an associated meta-metadata, which describes a variance to the metadata. An application program is provided access to one or more database objects. If a change in behavior occurs for the application program that has accessed the database objects, the meta-metadata for the accessed database objects is correlated with the application program accessing the database objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Derek M. Jennings
  • Publication number: 20080243581
    Abstract: A personnel management method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, first data from a first resource in response to a first survey. The computing system receives second data in response to a second survey. The computing system analyzes the first data with respect to said second data. Based on the analyzing, the computing system generates a first resource specification report associated with a first resource and a project model. Based on the analyzing and the project model, the computing system generates a first project specification report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Derek M. Jennings
  • Publication number: 20080222631
    Abstract: A compliance method and system. The method includes receiving by computing system compliance data comprising a plurality of compliance rules from a plurality of different compliance domains. The plurality of compliance rules are converted from said text format to a first plurality of program objects. Attributes for the first plurality of program objects are modified. A compliance report comprising an output of the plurality of program objects is generated. An automated compliance verification software tool compares the first plurality of program objects with compliance verification data in order to verify if the first plurality of program objects is in accordance with the compliance verification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Ritu Bhatia, Derek M. Jennings, Lyle Smith Simons