Patents by Inventor Blair Gaver Nicodemus

Blair Gaver Nicodemus 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: 9923918
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for fine tuning access control by remote, endpoint systems to host systems. Multiple conditions/states of one or both of the endpoint and host systems are monitored, collected and fed to an analysis engine. Using one or more of many different flexible, adaptable models and algorithms, an analysis engine analyzes the status of the conditions and makes decisions in accordance with pre-established policies and rules regarding the security of the endpoint and host system. Based upon the conditions, the policies, and the analytical results, actions are initiated regarding security and access matters. In one described embodiment of the invention, the monitored conditions include software vulnerabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Blair Gaver Nicodemus, Billy Edison Stephens
  • Publication number: 20170201545
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for fine tuning access control by remote, endpoint systems to host systems. Multiple conditions/states of one or both of the endpoint and host systems are monitored, collected and fed to an analysis engine. Using one or more of many different flexible, adaptable models and algorithms, an analysis engine analyzes the status of the conditions and makes decisions in accordance with pre-established policies and rules regarding the security of the endpoint and host system. Based upon the conditions, the policies, and the analytical results, actions are initiated regarding security and access matters. In one described embodiment of the invention, the monitored conditions include software vulnerabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Blair Gaver Nicodemus, Billy Edison Stephens
  • Patent number: 7725589
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and apparatus prevents unsecured access to a computer over a network by a client running on a remote computer. In one aspect of the present invention, a client policy is stored on the remote computer. The client policy includes a configuration of the remote computer that reduces the likelihood of a security breach of the computer as a result of the remote computer accessing the computer. A request is received from a user for access to the computer. It is verified that the remote computer conforms with the client policy, and the client is connected to said computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Fiberlink Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Blair Gaver Nicodemus, Derek Bluestone, Clinton Adams, Joseph E. Pappano, Howard M. Pressman
  • Patent number: 7712128
    Abstract: A system, method, signal, and computer program product for providing secure wireless access to private databases and applications without requiring a separate wireless client-server internetworking security protocol infrastructure. The wireless device (201) communicates with the wireless access service provider (205) via hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) messages, and the wireless access service provider (205) and the secure network (204) perform a RADIUS authentification for the wireless device (201).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Fiberlink Communication Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Ian Porozni, Blair Gaver Nicodemus, Glenn Alan Schille
  • Publication number: 20080222696
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and apparatus prevents unsecured access to a computer over a network by a client running on a remote computer. In one aspect of the present invention, a client policy is stored on the remote computer. The client policy includes a configuration of the remote computer that reduces the likelihood of a security breach of the computer as a result of the remote computer accessing the computer. A request is received from a user for access to the computer. It is verified that the remote computer conforms with the client policy, and the client is connected to said computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: FIBERLINK COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Blair Gaver Nicodemus, Derek Bluestone, Clinton Adams, Joseph E. Pappano, Howard M. Pressman
  • Patent number: 7395341
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and apparatus prevents unsecured access to a computer over a network by a client running on a remote computer. In one aspect of the present invention, a client policy is stored on the remote computer. The client policy includes a configuration of the remote computer that reduces the likelihood of a security breach of the computer as a result of the remote computer accessing the computer. A request is received from a user for access to the computer. It is verified that the remote computer conforms with the client policy, and the client is connected to said computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Fiberlink Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Blair Gaver Nicodemus, Derek Bluestone, Clinton Adams, Joseph E. Pappano, Howard M. Pressman