Patents Examined by Greata Robinson
  • Patent number: 8935300
    Abstract: Streaming media may include a plurality of visual objects. User-selectable fields may be associated with the visual objects. In response to receiving a selection from the user-selectable fields, a search criteria associated with the corresponding visual object may be identified. A method, device, or medium may be associated with a request for search results based on the search criteria. Information associated with the search results may be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 79 LLC
    Inventor: Joon Maeng
  • Patent number: 6990492
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to information, which includes a plurality of data objects, on a computer system being accessible to a plurality of users is provided which generally comprises providing an access right for each relationship between a user and a data object, wherein each user can have a plurality of relationships to each data object, determining each relationship between the user and the data object when a user requests information about a data object, determining the security classification for each relationship between the user and the data object, and then granting the user access to the data object if one of the security classifications for all the relationships is equal to or greater than the security classification of the data object, and denying the user access to the data object if the security classifications for all the relationships is less than the security classification of the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Arun Kumar Gupta