Patents by Inventor Michael Schnyder
Michael Schnyder 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).
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Publication number: 20240162002Abstract: A radiation detector for position-resolved detection of radiation comprises at least one sensor tile with a front side facing incident radiation, and a back side opposite the front side. The sensor tile comprises a sensor material sensitive to the radiation. A front electrode is arranged on the front side of the sensor tile. A braking layer is arranged on the front electrode and at least partly covers the front electrode, for decelerating electrons in the incident radiation. A set of contacts of electrically conducting material is arranged on the back side of the sensor tile and in contact with the sensor material, thereby defining sensor pixels. At least one ASIC comprises a set of readout circuits in electrical connection with the contacts, each readout circuit being configured to process a signal received from the sensor pixel the readout circuit is electrically connected to.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: DECTRIS AGInventors: Michael RISSI, Roland HORISBERGER, Roger SCHNYDER, Alfonso Gonzalez Taboada
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Patent number: 7962962Abstract: In a computer, a first set of object classes are provided representing active entities in an information-handling process and a second set of object classes are provided representing data and rules in the information-handling process. At least one object class has rules associated with data. The above-mentioned objects are used in constructing a model of an information-handling process, and to provide an output that identifies at least one way in which the information-handling process could be improved. One aspect is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven B. Adler, Endre Felix Bangerter, Kathryn Ann Bohrer, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Jan Camenisch, Arthur M. Gilbert, Dogan Kesdogan, Matthew P. Leonard, Xuan Liu, Michael Robert McCullough, Adam Charles Nelson, Charles Campbell Palmer, Calvin Stacy Powers, Michael Schnyder, Edith Schonberg, Matthias Schunter, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Michael Waidner
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Patent number: 7603317Abstract: The invention entails identifying the parties involved in a process of handling personally identifiable information; identifying the data involved in said process; classifying the data; expressing each relationship between each pair of said parties in terms of a privacy agreement; and representing the parties, data, and privacy agreements graphically in one or more privacy agreement relationship diagrams. The invention has the advantage of identifying opportunities to reduce privacy-related risks, including identifying unnecessary exchanges of data, for possible elimination, and identifying opportunities to transform data into a less sensitive form. Privacy agreements are based on a limited set of privacy-related actions: access, disclose, release, notify, utilize, update, withdrawConsent, giveConsent, delete, anonymize, depersonalize, and repersonalize. One aspect of the present invention is a method for improving the handling of personally identifiable information.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven B. Adler, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Arthur M. Gilbert, Charles Campbell Palmer, Michael Schnyder, Michael Waidner
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Patent number: 7069427Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for handling personally identifiable information, using a rules model. The invention involves defining a limited number of privacy-related actions regarding personally identifiable information; constructing a rule for each circumstance in which one of said privacy-related actions may be taken or must be taken; allowing for the input of dynamic contextual information to precisely specify the condition for evaluation of a rule; creating a programming object containing at least one of said rules; associating the programming object with personally identifiable information; processing a request; and providing an output. The invention does not merely give a “yes-or-no answer. The invention has the advantage of being able to specify additional actions that must be taken. The invention may use a computer system and network. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling personally identifiable information.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven B. Adler, Endre Felix Bangerter, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Jan Camenisch, Arthur M. Gilbert, Guenter Karjoth, Dogan Kesdogan, Michael Robert McCullough, Adam Charles Nelson, Charles Campbell Palmer, Martin Joseph Clayton Presler-Marshall, Michael Schnyder, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Michael Waidner
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Publication number: 20030014418Abstract: The invention entails identifying the parties involved in a process of handling personally identifiable information; identifying the data involved in said process; classifying the data; expressing each relationship between each pair of said parties in terms of a privacy agreement; and representing the parties, data, and privacy agreements graphically in one or more privacy agreement relationship diagrams. The invention has the advantage of identifying opportunities to reduce privacy-related risks, including identifying unnecessary exchanges of data, for possible elimination, and identifying opportunities to transform data into a less sensitive form. Privacy agreements are based on a limited set of privacy-related actions: access, disclose, release, notify, utilize, update, withdrawConsent, giveConsent, delete, anonymize, depersonalize, and repersonalize. One aspect of the present invention is a method for improving the handling of personally identifiable information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven B. Adler, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Arthur M. Gilbert, Charles Campbell Palmer, Michael Schnyder, Michael Waidner
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Publication number: 20030014654Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for handling personally identifiable information, using a rules model. The invention involves defining a limited number of privacy-related actions regarding personally identifiable information; constructing a rule for each circumstance in which one of said privacy-related actions may be taken or must be taken; allowing for the input of dynamic contextual information to precisely specify the condition for evaluation of a rule; creating a programming object containing at least one of said rules; associating the programming object with personally identifiable information; processing a request; and providing an output. The invention does not merely give a “yes-or-no answer. The invention has the advantage of being able to specify additional actions that must be taken. The invention may use a computer system and network. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling personally identifiable information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven B. Adler, Endre Felix Bangerter, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Jan Camenisch, Arthur M. Gilbert, Guenter Karjoth, Dogan Kesdogan, Michael Robert McCullough, Adam Charles Nelson, Charles Campbell Palmer, Martin Joseph Clayton Presler-Marshall, Michael Schnyder, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Michael Waidner
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Publication number: 20030004734Abstract: The present invention involves providing in a computer a first set of object classes representing active entities in an information-handling process, wherein a limited number of privacy-related actions represent operations performed on data, and providing in the computer a second set of object classes representing data and rules in the information-handling process, wherein at least one object class has rules associated with data. The invention also involves using the above-mentioned objects in constructing a model of an information-handling process, and providing output that identifies at least one way in which the information-handling process could be improved. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: January 2, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven B. Adler, Endre Felix Bangerter, Kathryn Ann Bohrer, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Jan Camenisch, Arthur M. Gilbert, Dogan Kesdogan, Matthew P. Leonard, Xuan Liu, Michael Robert McCullough, Adam Charles Nelson, Charles Campbell Palmer, Calvin Stacy Powers, Michael Schnyder, Edith Schonberg, Matthias Schunter, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Michael Waidner