Patents by Inventor Dwight E. Spencer

Dwight E. Spencer 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).

  • User activity modelling, monitoring, and reporting framework
    Patent number: 9607144
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for identifying risk within an information technology (IT) environment, comprising: analyzing characteristics of a user accessing a system within an IT environment; associating a risk profile with the user based upon the characteristics of the user; determining when the user accesses a system within the IT environment; maintaining a user risk profile record of all systems within the IT environment accessed by the user, the user risk profile record continuing to be associated with the system after access by the user ceases; and, identifying a risk level for all systems within the IT environment based upon the user risk profile record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Bird, Rory F. Bray, Jason D. Keirstead, Dwight E. Spencer, Ben A. Wuest
  • User activity modelling, monitoring, and reporting framework
    Patent number: 9600659
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for identifying risk within an information technology (IT) environment, comprising: analyzing characteristics of a user accessing a system within an IT environment; associating a risk profile with the user based upon the characteristics of the user; determining when the user accesses a system within the IT environment; maintaining a user risk profile record of all systems within the IT environment accessed by the user, the user risk profile record continuing to be associated with the system after access by the user ceases; and, identifying a risk level for all systems within the IT environment based upon the user risk profile record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Bird, Rory F. Bray, Jason D. Keirstead, Dwight E. Spencer, Ben A. Wuest