Patents by Inventor Cecilia Zhao

Cecilia Zhao 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: 9143511
    Abstract: Framework for conditionally attaching web service policies to a policy subject (e.g., a web service client or service endpoint) at subject runtime. In one set of embodiments, a validation process can be performed at a policy subject during an initialization phase to ensure that there are no validation errors with respect to the web service policies that may be conditionally attached to the subject. This validation process can include grouping the policies that have been associated with the policy subject (via policy attachment metadata) by their corresponding constraint expressions, and determining which groups can potentially overlap (i.e., be simultaneously attached to the policy subject) at runtime. Each set of overlapping groups can then be validated using a predefined set of validation rules to identify potential errors pertaining to the policies in the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jason Bryan, Nickolas Kavantzas, Ranjit Mulye, Cecilia Zhao
  • Patent number: 9055068
    Abstract: Framework for conditionally attaching web service policies to a policy subject (e.g., a web service client or service endpoint) at subject runtime. In one set of embodiments, a constraint expression can be defined that specifies one or more runtime conditions under which a policy should be attached to a policy subject. The constraint expression can be associated with the policy and the policy subject via policy attachment metadata. The constraint expression can then be evaluated at runtime of the policy subject to determine whether attachment of the policy to the policy subject should occur. If the evaluation indicates that the policy should be attached, the attached policy can be processed at the policy subject (e.g., enforced or advertised) as appropriate. Using these techniques, the policy subject can be configured to dynamically exhibit different behaviors based on its runtime context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jason Bryan, Nickolas Kavantzas, Prakash Yamuna, Cecilia Zhao
  • Patent number: 9003478
    Abstract: Framework for conditionally attaching web service policies to a policy subject (e.g., a web service client or service endpoint) at subject runtime. In one set of embodiments, a constraint expression can be defined that specifies one or more runtime conditions under which a policy should be attached to a policy subject. The constraint expression can be associated with the policy and the policy subject via policy attachment metadata. The constraint expression can then be evaluated at runtime of the policy subject to determine whether attachment of the policy to the policy subject should occur. If the evaluation indicates that the policy should be attached, the attached policy can be processed at the policy subject (e.g., enforced or advertised) as appropriate. Using these techniques, the policy subject can be configured to dynamically exhibit different behaviors based on its runtime context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Nickolas Kavantzas, Jeffrey Jason Bryan, Cecilia Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130086184
    Abstract: Framework for conditionally attaching web service policies to a policy subject (e.g., a web service client or service endpoint) at subject runtime. In one set of embodiments, a constraint expression can be defined that specifies one or more runtime conditions under which a policy should be attached to a policy subject. The constraint expression can be associated with the policy and the policy subject via policy attachment metadata. The constraint expression can then be evaluated at runtime of the policy subject to determine whether attachment of the policy to the policy subject should occur. If the evaluation indicates that the policy should be attached, the attached policy can be processed at the policy subject (e.g., enforced or advertised) as appropriate. Using these techniques, the policy subject can be configured to dynamically exhibit different behaviors based on its runtime context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Nickolas Kavantzas, Jeffrey Jason Bryan, Cecilia Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130086241
    Abstract: Framework for conditionally attaching web service policies to a policy subject (e.g., a web service client or service endpoint) at subject runtime. In one set of embodiments, a validation process can be performed at a policy subject during an initialization phase to ensure that there are no validation errors with respect to the web service policies that may be conditionally attached to the subject. This validation process can include grouping the policies that have been associated with the policy subject (via policy attachment metadata) by their corresponding constraint expressions, and determining which groups can potentially overlap (i.e., be simultaneously attached to the policy subject) at runtime. Each set of overlapping groups can then be validated using a predefined set of validation rules to identify potential errors pertaining to the policies in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jason Bryan, Nickolas Kavantzas, Ranjit Mulye, Cecilia Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130086242
    Abstract: Framework for conditionally attaching web service policies to a policy subject (e.g., a web service client or service endpoint) at subject runtime. In one set of embodiments, a constraint expression can be defined that specifies one or more runtime conditions under which a policy should be attached to a policy subject. The constraint expression can be associated with the policy and the policy subject via policy attachment metadata. The constraint expression can then be evaluated at runtime of the policy subject to determine whether attachment of the policy to the policy subject should occur. If the evaluation indicates that the policy should be attached, the attached policy can be processed at the policy subject (e.g., enforced or advertised) as appropriate. Using these techniques, the policy subject can be configured to dynamically exhibit different behaviors based on its runtime context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jason Bryan, Nickolas Kavantzas, Prakash Yamuna, Cecilia Zhao
  • Patent number: 6035323
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for publishing a collection of digital media on a network. In one example of a method, a client digital processing system generates a collection of digital media and transmits collection information, which describes the collection of digital media, to a server digital processing system. From the collection information, a plurality of presentable media is automatically generated; each of these presentable media is capable of being presented to other client digital processing systems which are coupled to the network. In this one example, the network is operating according to a hypertext transfer protocol. In this one example, the client and server systems are programmed to interact together such that the presentable media is automatically generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Pictra, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Narayen, Wu Wang, Steve Morris, Chan Chiu, Cecilia Zhao, Aditya Khosla, James Lei, Prasad Kongara