Patents by Inventor Brian Patrick Byrne

Brian Patrick Byrne 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: 9330115
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and program product for automatically reviewing a mapping between information models. The method includes: receiving a mapping between an element in the first information model to an element in the second information model. Each element is associated with an element identifier and an element value, and the mapping signifies a relationship between the element in the first information model and the element in the second information model. The method further includes comparing the received mapping against one or more known indications of suspicious mappings to determine if the received mapping resembles one of the indications of suspicious mappings. If the received mapping is determined to be suspicious, identifying the received mapping as one that requires review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Byrne, Achille Belly Fokoue-Nkoutche, Aditya Anand Kalyanpur, Kavitha Srinivas, Min Wang
  • Patent number: 8527446
    Abstract: An information integrity rules framework manages rules across heterogeneous enforcement systems by managing canonical rules that are mapped to native rules and enforcement system-specific rules. The information integrity rules framework discovers an existing native rule utilized by an enforcement system, which is written in an enforcement system-specific format. Next, the information integrity rules framework creates a mapping entry and maps the native rule to a canonical rule, which is independent from the enforcement system. When the information integrity rules framework detects a change to one of the rules managed by the framework, the information integrity rules framework propagates the change to other corresponding rules across enforcement systems managed by the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Byrne, Guenter Anton Sauter
  • Patent number: 8370359
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for mapping an element of a source information model to an element of a target information model, forming a cluster of elements for mapping across information models, and evaluating a mapping of elements across information models, and a system and computer program product thereof. The method of mapping an element of a source information model to an element of a target information model includes: receiving information for mapping a first element in a source cluster to an element in the target information model; mapping the first element to the target element using the received information for mapping the first element to the target element; and mapping all other elements in the source cluster to the target element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Byrne, Songyun Duan, Achille Fokoue-Nkoutche, Brendan O'Sullivan, Kavitha Srinivas
  • Publication number: 20120166406
    Abstract: An information integrity rules framework manages rules across heterogeneous enforcement systems by managing canonical rules that are mapped to native rules and enforcement system-specific rules. The information integrity rules framework discovers an existing native rule utilized by an enforcement system, which is written in an enforcement system-specific format. Next, the information integrity rules framework creates a mapping entry and maps the native rule to a canonical rule, which is independent from the enforcement system. When the information integrity rules framework detects a change to one of the rules managed by the framework, the information integrity rules framework propagates the change to other corresponding rules across enforcement systems managed by the framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Byrne, Guenter Anton Sauter
  • Publication number: 20120036110
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and program product for automatically reviewing a mapping between information models. The method includes: receiving a mapping between an element in the first information model to an element in the second information model. Each element is associated with an element identifier and an element value, and the mapping signifies a relationship between the element in the first information model and the element in the second information model. The method further includes comparing the received mapping against one or more known indications of suspicious mappings to determine if the received mapping resembles one of the indications of suspicious mappings. If the received mapping is determined to be suspicious, identifying the received mapping as one that requires review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Byrne, Achille Belly Fokoue-Nkoutche, Aditya Anand Kalyanpur, Kavitha Srinivas, Min Wang
  • Publication number: 20110113001
    Abstract: An information integrity rules framework manages rules across heterogeneous enforcement systems by managing canonical rules that are mapped to native rules and enforcement system-specific rules. The information integrity rules framework discovers an existing native rule utilized by an enforcement system, which is written in an enforcement system-specific format. Next, the information integrity rules framework creates a mapping entry and maps the native rule to a canonical rule, which is independent from the enforcement system. When the information integrity rules framework detects a change to one of the rules managed by the framework, the information integrity rules framework propagates the change to other corresponding rules across enforcement systems managed by the framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Byrne, Guenter Anton Sauter