Patents by Inventor Mark Crosbie

Mark Crosbie 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: 11283780
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Publication number: 20200267132
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Patent number: 10681019
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Patent number: 10424026
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a risk assessment is performed that accesses the risk to a user of an information handling system due to the user's link to a social network contact. Risky action values is received with the values corresponding to the social network contact. A risk level is calculated with the risk level corresponding to one or more of the risky action values. A preventative security action is then performed based on the calculated risk level. In another embodiment, an approach is provided in which the potential risks posed by a user are transmitted to the user's social network contacts. In this approach, potentially risky actions that are performed by the user are detected. Risky action values are identified that correspond to the detected potentially risky actions. The risky action values are then transmitted to the user's social network contacts over a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Bhola, Mark Crosbie, Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Rohit Jain
  • Publication number: 20180026952
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Patent number: 9774574
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Patent number: 9286599
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for redacting content in online meetings is described. A method may comprise receiving, via one or more computing devices, a selected portion of content to redact in a first online meeting. The method may further comprise determining, via the one or more computing devices, if a participant of the first online meeting is in an un-trusted location. The method may additionally comprise, in response to determining that the participant of the first online meeting is in the un-trusted location, redacting, via the one or more computing devices, the selected portion of content from content available to the participant in the first online meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Juan Galiana Lara, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette Suzanne Hoag Riffe
  • Publication number: 20150358298
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Patent number: 9137220
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Publication number: 20150040236
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for adding randomness to a process used to achieve a specified objective. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a multitude of solution paths through the process for achieving the specified objective; storing the paths as process workflows; and in response to a specified event, choosing one of the solution paths at random and executing the process, using the chosen solution path, to achieve the specified objective. In an embodiment, the process includes a specified number of steps; and the solution paths are defined by defining a multitude of orders of the steps, each of the orders, when executed, achieving the specified result. In one embodiment, at least a plurality of the steps includes one or more parameters; and a range of values is defined for at least one of the parameters of at least one of the steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Joseph Kevin Kiernan, Alex Markelov
  • Patent number: 8812406
    Abstract: An approach is provided in receiving risk feedback from a social network. Feedback transmissions are received by a user's system with each of the feedback transmissions being received over a computer network from a social network contact. The received feedback transmissions are analyzed and, based on the analysis, a risky action that was performed by the user is identified. The user performs a risk avoidance measure to counteract the identified risky action. In one embodiment, the risk avoidance measure is reported back to the user's contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Bhola, Mark Crosbie, Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Rohit Jain
  • Patent number: 8712921
    Abstract: An approach is provided in receiving risk feedback from a social network. Feedback transmissions are received by a user's system with each of the feedback transmissions being received over a computer network from a social network contact. The received feedback transmissions are analyzed and, based on the analysis, a risky action that was performed by the user is identified. The user performs a risk avoidance measure to counteract the identified risky action. In one embodiment, the risk avoidance measure is reported back to the user's contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Bhola, Mark Crosbie, Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Rohit Jain
  • Publication number: 20140115332
    Abstract: Collaboratively editing a document in a system of sharee clients includes creating a document change, generating a document token for encrypting the document change, encrypting the document change with the document token, making the encrypted document change available to the other sharee clients, and generating a plurality of copies of the sharee document token. Each sharee document token is encrypted with a respective sharee's public key. Each encrypted sharee document token is distributed to respective sharee clients. Each sharee client is configured to: decrypt a sharee document token using a respective private key, decrypt the encrypted document change using the share document token, and consolidate the document change into a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Jason Flood, Juan Galiana Lara, Javier Marcos de Prado
  • Patent number: 8706648
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a risk assessment is performed that accesses the risk to a user of an information handling system due to the user's link to a social network contact. Risky action values is received with the values corresponding to the social network contact. A risk level is calculated with the risk level corresponding to one or more of the risky action values. A preventative security action is then performed based on the calculated risk level. In another embodiment, an approach is provided in which the potential risks posed by a user are transmitted to the user's social network contacts. In this approach, potentially risky actions that are performed by the user are detected. Risky action values are identified that correspond to the detected potentially risky actions. The risky action values are then transmitted to the user's social network contacts over a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Bhola, Mark Crosbie, Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Rohit Jain
  • Patent number: 8489688
    Abstract: A first portion of electronic meeting content is transmitted to a first client computing device. The first portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a first content resolution that is less than a full content resolution. A second portion of the electronic meeting content is transmitted to the first client computing device. The second portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a second content resolution that is greater than the first content resolution. The second portion of the electronic meeting content combined with the first portion of the electronic meeting content provides progressive refinement of electronic meeting content transmitted to the first client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Javier Marcos de Prado, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette Susan Hoag Riffe
  • Patent number: 8484293
    Abstract: A first portion of electronic meeting content is transmitted to a first client computing device. The first portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a first content resolution that is less than a full content resolution. A second portion of the electronic meeting content is transmitted to the first client computing device. The second portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a second content resolution that is greater than the first content resolution. The second portion of the electronic meeting content combined with the first portion of the electronic meeting content provides progressive refinement of electronic meeting content transmitted to the first client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Javier Marcos de Prado, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette S. Hoag Riffe
  • Publication number: 20130085953
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a risk assessment is performed that accesses the risk to a user of an information handling system due to the user's link to a social network contact. Risky action values is received with the values corresponding to the social network contact. A risk level is calculated with the risk level corresponding to one or more of the risky action values. A preventative security action is then performed based on the calculated risk level. In another embodiment, an approach is provided in which the potential risks posed by a user are transmitted to the user's social network contacts. In this approach, potentially risky actions that are performed by the user are detected. Risky action values are identified that correspond to the detected potentially risky actions. The risky action values are then transmitted to the user's social network contacts over a computer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saurabh Bhola, Mark Crosbie, Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Rohit Jain
  • Publication number: 20130086254
    Abstract: An approach is provided in receiving risk feedback from a social network. Feedback transmissions are received by a user's system with each of the feedback transmissions being received over a computer network from a social network contact. The received feedback transmissions are analyzed and, based on the analysis, a risky action that was performed by the user is identified. The user performs a risk avoidance measure to counteract the identified risky action. In one embodiment, the risk avoidance measure is reported back to the user's contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saurabh Bhola, Mark Crosbie, Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Rohit Jain
  • Publication number: 20130007123
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for redacting content in online meetings is described. A method may comprise receiving, via one or more computing devices, a selected portion of content to redact in a first online meeting. The method may further comprise determining, via the one or more computing devices, if a participant of the first online meeting is in an un-trusted location. The method may additionally comprise, in response to determining that the participant of the first online meeting is in the un-trusted location, redacting, via the one or more computing devices, the selected portion of content from content available to the participant in the first online meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Juan Galiana Lara, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette Suzanne Hoag Riffe
  • Publication number: 20120246237
    Abstract: A first portion of electronic meeting content is transmitted to a first client computing device. The first portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a first content resolution that is less than a full content resolution. A second portion of the electronic meeting content is transmitted to the first client computing device. The second portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a second content resolution that is greater than the first content resolution. The second portion of the electronic meeting content combined with the first portion of the electronic meeting content provides progressive refinement of electronic meeting content transmitted to the first client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Javier Marcos de Prado, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette S. Hoag Riffe