Patents by Inventor BRIAN A. O'CROWLEY

BRIAN A. O'CROWLEY 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: 10803095
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a system analyzes a first set of data to derive a first distribution output that is based on a first conjugated distribution corresponding to the first set of data and a domain class model. The system utilizes the first distribution output as a baseline input to generate a second conjugated distribution corresponding to a second set of data and the domain class model. Next, the system derives a second distribution output of the second set of data based on the second conjugated distribution. The second distribution output identifies at least one personally identifiable information (PII) data field corresponding to the second set of data that was not identified as a PII data field in the domain class model. In turn, the system tags at least a portion of the second set of data as PII based on the derived second distribution output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt, Brian A. O'Crowley, Jonathan Dunne
  • Publication number: 20200034476
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a system analyzes a first set of data to derive a first distribution output that is based on a first conjugated distribution corresponding to the first set of data and a domain class model. The system utilizes the first distribution output as a baseline input to generate a second conjugated distribution corresponding to a second set of data and the domain class model. Next, the system derives a second distribution output of the second set of data based on the second conjugated distribution. The second distribution output identifies at least one personally identifiable information (PII) data field corresponding to the second set of data that was not identified as a PII data field in the domain class model. In turn, the system tags at least a portion of the second set of data as PII based on the derived second distribution output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt, Brian A. O'Crowley, Jonathan Dunne
  • Patent number: 10083322
    Abstract: An injection engine monitors whether a pattern of a current selection of web address requests in outbound web traffic for a user matches one or more web usage patterns that allow for identifying the user based on the current selection of web address requests. The injection engine, responsive to detecting the pattern of the current selection of web address requests by the user matches the one or more web usage patterns, injects one or more random valid web address requests into the outbound web traffic for the user, wherein the one or more random valid web address requests obscure the current selection of web address requests from using the one or more web usage patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary Denner, Daniel C. Gurney, Liam Harpur, Brian A. O'Crowley
  • Publication number: 20170032147
    Abstract: An injection engine monitors whether a pattern of a current selection of web address requests in outbound web traffic for a user matches one or more web usage patterns that allow for identifying the user based on the current selection of web address requests. The injection engine, responsive to detecting the pattern of the current selection of web address requests by the user matches the one or more web usage patterns, injects one or more random valid web address requests into the outbound web traffic for the user, wherein the one or more random valid web address requests obscure the current selection of web address requests from using the one or more web usage patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: GARY DENNER, DANIEL C. GURNEY, LIAM HARPUR, BRIAN A. O'CROWLEY