Patents by Inventor Stephanie Lynn Trunzo

Stephanie Lynn Trunzo 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).

  • Disambiguating conflicting content filter rules
    Patent number: 9356937
    Abstract: A content filtering mechanism is enhanced to resolve conflicts in filtering rules (e.g., those created by a whitelist, on the one hand, and a blacklist, on the other hand). Preferably, a conflict between or among content filtering rules is resolved by selecting among conflicting rules based on a notion of “risk” associated with the rules. According to this risk-based approach, when two or more rules conflict with one another, the particular rule whose risk value has a predetermined relationship (e.g., aligns most closely) with a risk level associated with the application (applying the rules) then takes precedence. By selecting among conflicting rules based on risk, the potential or actual conflicts are disambiguated, with the result being that the content is filtered appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Hoy, Shadi Eskamaei Albouyeh, Bernadette Alexia Carter, Stephanie Lynn Trunzo
  • Disambiguating conflicting content filter rules
    Publication number: 20150135256
    Abstract: A content filtering mechanism is enhanced to resolve conflicts in filtering rules (e.g., those created by a whitelist, on the one hand, and a blacklist, on the other hand). Preferably, a conflict between or among content filtering rules is resolved by selecting among conflicting rules based on a notion of “risk” associated with the rules. According to this risk-based approach, when two or more rules conflict with one another, the particular rule whose risk value has a predetermined relationship (e.g., aligns most closely) with a risk level associated with the application (applying the rules) then takes precedence. By selecting among conflicting rules based on risk, the potential or actual conflicts are disambiguated, with the result being that the content is filtered appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Hoy, Shadi Eskamaei Albouyeh, Bernadette Alexia Carter, Stephanie Lynn Trunzo