Patents by Inventor Artur K. Zezula

Artur K. Zezula 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).

  • Patent number: 10938843
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for controlling execution of a computer program. An execution of unallowed software may be prohibited. Structural elements of a graphical user interface of the computer program are detected. The detected structural elements are compared with a stored signature, each signature comprising structural elements of a graphical user interface of allowed computer programs. Upon not finding a matching signature among the stored signatures when comparing, further executing of the computer program is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Piotr P. Godowski, Bartlomiej T. Malecki, Krzysztof Pienkowski, Artur K. Zezula
  • Patent number: 10489352
    Abstract: A method for software discovery may be provided. The method may comprise scanning an shared resource mounted to an endpoint device for identifying installed software on the shared resource for the endpoint device, monitoring a read access to such identified installed software by the endpoint device using a monitoring agent, and marking the installed software as used on the shared resource by the endpoint device using a software asset management unit. Additionally, the method may comprise recording a last time use of the installed software by the endpoint device, and marking the installed software as uninstalled on the endpoint device after a predetermined time after the last time use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Piotr P. Godowski, Piotr Kania, Krzysztof Pienkowski, Artur K. Zezula
  • Publication number: 20190342310
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for controlling execution of a computer program. An execution of unallowed software may be prohibited. Structural elements of a graphical user interface of the computer program are detected. The detected structural elements are compared with a stored signature, each signature comprising structural elements of a graphical user interface of allowed computer programs. Upon not finding a matching signature among the stored signatures when comparing, further executing of the computer program is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Piotr P. Godowski, Bartlomiej T. Malecki, Krzysztof Pienkowski, Artur K. Zezula
  • Patent number: 10367833
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for controlling execution of a computer program. An execution of unallowed software may be prohibited. Structural elements of a graphical user interface of the computer program are detected. The detected structural elements are compared with a stored signature, each signature comprising structural elements of a graphical user interface of allowed computer programs. Upon not finding a matching signature among the stored signatures when comparing, further executing of the computer program is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Piotr P. Godowski, Bartlomiej T. Malecki, Krzysztof Pienkowski, Artur K. Zezula
  • Publication number: 20180262517
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for controlling execution of a computer program. An execution of unallowed software may be prohibited. Structural elements of a graphical user interface of the computer program are detected. The detected structural elements are compared with a stored signature, each signature comprising structural elements of a graphical user interface of allowed computer programs. Upon not finding a matching signature among the stored signatures when comparing, further executing of the computer program is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Piotr P. Godowski, Bartlomiej T. Malecki, Krzysztof Pienkowski, Artur K. Zezula
  • Patent number: 9792140
    Abstract: Software asset management (SAM) for virtual environments performing the following operations: (i) collecting a set of virtual machine (VM) descriptor(s) sets, where each VM descriptor(s) set corresponds to one of the following: a VM appliance or a sealed VM image; (ii) for each VM descriptor(s) set of the set of VM descriptor(s) set(s), determining whether there is a match to an entry in a VM descriptor set/software application mapping data set; and (iii) for each VM descriptor(s) set of the set of VM descriptor(s) set(s), on condition that there is a match, determining an identity of a set of software application(s) in the VM appliance or sealed VM image corresponding to the VM descriptor(s) set based on the respectively matching entry in the VM descriptor/software mapping data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Piotr Kania, Marcin Labenski, Michal Paluch, Tomasz Stopa, Artur K. Zezula
  • Publication number: 20170141991
    Abstract: A method for software discovery may be provided. The method may comprise scanning an shared resource mounted to an endpoint device for identifying installed software on the shared resource for the endpoint device, monitoring a read access to such identified installed software by the endpoint device using a monitoring agent, and marking the installed software as used on the shared resource by the endpoint device using a software asset management unit. Additionally, the method may comprise recording a last time use of the installed software by the endpoint device, and marking the installed software as uninstalled on the endpoint device after a predetermined time after the last time use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Piotr P. Godowski, Piotr Kania, Krzysztof Pienkowski, Artur K. Zezula
  • Publication number: 20160259658
    Abstract: Software asset management (SAM) for virtual environments performing the following operations: (i) collecting a set of virtual machine (VM) descriptor(s) sets, where each VM descriptor(s) set corresponds to one of the following: a VM appliance or a sealed VM image; (ii) for each VM descriptor(s) set of the set of VM descriptor(s) set(s), determining whether there is a match to an entry in a VM descriptor set/software application mapping data set; and (iii) for each VM descriptor(s) set of the set of VM descriptor(s) set(s), on condition that there is a match, determining an identity of a set of software application(s) in the VM appliance or sealed VM image corresponding to the VM descriptor(s) set based on the respectively matching entry in the VM descriptor/software mapping data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Piotr Kania, Marcin Labenski, Michal Paluch, Tomasz Stopa, Artur K. Zezula