Patents by Inventor John Allan Ziraldo

John Allan Ziraldo 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: 7084760
    Abstract: An intrusion event detection system, method, and program product with an enumeration of specific known benign intrusion events, and performing a vulnerability test on specific elements of the computer system for the particular known benign intrusion event. These vulnerability tests are performed at predetermined time intervals measured from a previous test or previous intrusion event of the known benign intrusion event. The predetermined time interval is increased based on various attributes, passage of time since the last intrusion event of either the specific known benign intrusion event or another known benign intrusion event, or even a an undetermined or harmful intrusion event, or the present detection of an intrusion even; or the vulnerability of a specific element in the computer system to a specific intrusion event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin D. Himberger, Clark Debs Jeffries, David M. McMillen, John Allan Ziraldo