Patents by Inventor Andrew R. Schmidt

Andrew R. Schmidt 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).

  • Automatic and dynamic selection of cryptographic modules for different security contexts within a computer network
    Patent number: 10325109
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product, and system for securing data. The embodiment may include receiving, by a management program, identification of a selected cryptographic security module. The selected cryptographic security module is graphically selected by an authorized operator via a graphic user interface. The selected cryptographic security module contains unique individual symbols that contain references to functions and is selected from a plurality of mutually exclusive cryptographic security modules. Based on the received identification of the selected cryptographic security module, the embodiment may include generating, by the management program, a global configuration file. The embodiment may include transmitting, by the management program, a notification to an agent program on a client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose M. Gomez Claros, Alan W. McLachlan, Andrew R. Schmidt
  • AUTOMATIC AND DYNAMIC SELECTION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULES FOR DIFFERENT SECURITY CONTEXTS WITHIN A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20190080108
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product, and system for securing data. The embodiment may include receiving, by a management program, identification of a selected cryptographic security module. The selected cryptographic security module is graphically selected by an authorized operator via a graphic user interface. The selected cryptographic security module contains unique individual symbols that contain references to functions and is selected from a plurality of mutually exclusive cryptographic security modules. Based on the received identification of the selected cryptographic security module, the embodiment may include generating, by the management program, a global configuration file. The embodiment may include transmitting, by the management program, a notification to an agent program on a client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jose M. Gomez Claros, Alan W. McLachlan, Andrew R. Schmidt