Patents by Inventor Claire-Marie N. Karat

Claire-Marie N. Karat 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).

  • Method and system for analyzing policies for compliance with a specified policy using a policy template
    Patent number: 8793781
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for analyzing policies for compliance with a specified policy. The method comprises the steps of creating a policy template representing said specified policy, and comparing a group of given policies to said policy template to determine whether said given policies conflict with said specified policy. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the specified policy may include specified rules, the given policies include a plurality of given rules, and the policy template expresses said specified rules. In this preferred embodiment, the comparing step includes the step of comparing said plurality of given rules to the policy template to determine whether any of said given rules conflicts with said specified rules. In addition, preferably, if conflicts are found between said given policies and said specified policy, the given policies are modified to eliminate the conflicts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aldo P. Grossi, Claire-Marie N. Karat, Peter K. Malkin, Nevenko Zunic
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING POLICIES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH A SPECIFIED POLICY USING A POLICY TEMPLATE
    Publication number: 20090100498
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for analyzing policies for compliance with a specified policy. The method comprises the steps of creating a policy template representing said specified policy, and comparing a group of given policies to said policy template to determine whether said given policies conflict with said specified policy. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the specified policy may include specified rules, the given policies include a plurality of given rules, and the policy template expresses said specified rules. In this preferred embodiment, the comparing step includes the step of comparing said plurality of given rules to the policy template to determine whether any of said given rules conflicts with said specified rules. In addition, preferably, if conflicts are found between said given policies and said specified policy, the given policies are modified to eliminate the conflicts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aldo P. Grossi, Claire-Marie N. Karat, Peter K. Malkin, Nevenko Zunic