Patents by Inventor Laura M.L. Chan

Laura M.L. Chan 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).

  • Publication number: 20090064174
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention comprise a method for the real-time configuration of requirements for the auditing of message log data. The method comprises identifying at least one message entry field within a message, wherein the message entry field comprises message information, creating a message entry map, the message entry map comprising instructions for the mapping of information from the identified message entry fields comprised within a message to a target audit record message, and utilizing the message entry map to configure a mapping engine to map the information from the identified message entry fields comprised within a message to a target audit record message. The method further comprises retrieving a message from an Enterprise Service Bus, extracting the information from the identified message entry fields comprised within the message, and writing the extracted message information to an audit record message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laura M.L. Chan, Abelard C-M Chow, Tinny M.C. Ng, Neil Santos
  • Publication number: 20090064107
    Abstract: A method comprising, sending a request from a requester to a provider via a bus, the request including a provider description and an identity token of a first type, wherein the bus includes an identity service mediation node having data associating a plurality of providers descriptions with corresponding identity token types, determining with the identity service node an identity token type associated with the provider description, updating the request with data including the identity token type associated with the provider description, sending the updated request with data including the identity token type associated with the provider description to an identity service via the bus, transforming the identity token of the first type into an identity token of the type associated with the provider description with the identity service, and sending the request including the transformed identity token to the provider via the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric M. Chan, Laura M. L. Chan, Tinny M. C. Ng, Yu X. Zhu
  • Publication number: 20040267613
    Abstract: A web-based electronic commerce system provides users with marketing content for certain items. The system utilizes personalization technology to provide information usable to generate recommendations to users. The presentation of recommendations to a user is carried out by use of a product exploration or guided search technology. A personalized web page contains links to one or more initial product exploration or guided search web pages, or both. The initial product exploration or guided search web pages contain links to other web pages defined using the respective technologies and the personalization information available regarding the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Laura M.L. Chan, Carsten E. Mytroen, Tack Tong