Patents Assigned to Electronic Data System Corporation
  • Patent number: 7590630
    Abstract: Electronic information management includes techniques for developing and applying database security. In certain implementations, database access statements issued for applications in use are analyzed. Analyzing issued database access statements may include capturing the database access statements, normalizing the database access statements, and eliminating redundancies from the database access statements. A standardized set of issued database access statements may result from the analysis procedure. From the analyzed database access statements, the items accessed and types of access may be determined for an application, and a set of permissions may be determined from the determined items accessed and types of access for the application. A role associated with the application may be developed based on the permissions for the application. The role may be used to allow a user database access when associated with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Electronic Data System Corporation
    Inventor: John D. Richter
  • Patent number: 5964828
    Abstract: The invention comprises a system and method for maintaining the integrity of a plurality of objects each comprising methods and instance variables. The method is used to maintain the integrity of a plurality of objects wherein each of the plurality of objects will experience a change in at least one of its instance variables in response to a transaction if the transaction is allowed to commit. The method comprises sending a validate message to ones of the plurality of objects using a transaction service running on a computer. A prepare message is sent to each of the plurality of objects if a valid indicator was received in response to each validate message. A commit message is sent to each of the plurality of objects if a valid indicator was received in response to each of the validate messages and a prepared indicator was received in response to each of the prepare messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Electronic Data System Corporation
    Inventor: Fred Arthur Cummins