Patents by Inventor Daniela Bourges-Waldegg
Daniela Bourges-Waldegg 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).
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Patent number: 8271424Abstract: A method of preserving privacy and confidentiality in a system where information is associated with an existing web page having an address. The method includes receiving a store command from a first user system, the store command including at least a database key and information to be associated with the web page, wherein the database key was created by performing a cryptographic hash function on the address of the web page; storing the information at a location in a storage database; associating the location with the database key; receiving a retrieve command from a second user system, the retrieve command including the database key calculated by the second user system; retrieving stored information from one or more locations in the database associated with the database key; and transmitting the stored information to the second user system.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Christian Hoertnagl, James F. Riordan
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Patent number: 8266140Abstract: A method of acquiring tags using web search includes receiving a search query in a search engine, processing the search query and returning a list of candidate resources corresponding to the search query, determining a candidate resource out of the list of candidate resources, extracting tags from the search query, and tagging the candidate resource with the extracted tags.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Christian Hörtnagl, James F. Riordan, Andreas Schade
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Patent number: 8219679Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for detecting peer-to-peer communication on a data communication network, between an internal client machine within an internal address space and an external client machine. The method includes routing all messages addressed to internal client machines to an analysis device. The analysis device identifies messages pertaining to peer-to-peer communication and identifies the internal client machine to which the messages of a specified nature were addressed. The analysis device terminates the connection with the external client machine if the establishing of the peer-to-peer communication is in violation of a pre-determined internal network rule.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dominique Alessandrl, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, James F. Riordan, Diego M. Zambonl
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Patent number: 8166306Abstract: A method is provided for adding intended meaning to digital signatures. A message, being base content, is received to be signed. Assertions, ontologies, and description of a reasoner are adjoined to the message. Ontologies are a formal specification of vocabulary and rules used to state the assertions. The reasoner validates the assertions against the corresponding ontologies. A compound message is formed including the message, the assertions, the ontologies, and the reasoner. The compound message is signed using a cryptographic digital signature, where the assertions indicate an intended meaning of the digital signature. During verification of semantic signatures, a digital signature is received for a compound message, where the compound message includes assertions, ontologies, and reasoner. The digital signature is verified, and the compound message structure is checked for semantic signature conformance.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christian Hoertnagl, James F. Riordan, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg
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Patent number: 7996856Abstract: An electronic device for executing an application includes: application data, a central control unit for processing the application data according to a first method call, an interface for transmitting a description of the first method call to a second electronic device, and a synchronization entity for generating the description and passing the description to the interface. The transmitted description is used by the second electronic device to derive a second method call that is executable on the second electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Yann Duponchel, Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, Marcel Graf, Michael Moser
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Publication number: 20100235342Abstract: A method of acquiring tags using web search includes receiving a search query in a search engine, processing the search query and returning a list of candidate resources corresponding to the search query, determining a candidate resource out of the list of candidate resources, extracting tags from the search query, and tagging the candidate resource with the extracted tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Christian Hortnagl, James F. Riordan, Andreas Schade
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Publication number: 20090319530Abstract: A method is provided for referencing content by generating a bound uniform resource locator. Content is selected, a fragment identifier is calculated for the content, and the content is normalized. A content digest of the normalized content is calculated. A content binding document is assembled in which the content binding document comprises: an original URL to the content, the fragment identifier, the name of a method for normalizing the content, the name of a method for calculating the content digest, and the content digest. A content binding document digest is calculated. A bound universal resource locator is generated that contains the content binding document digest and the name of the method that was used to calculate the content binding document digest. The content binding document is stored using its digest as a file name or database key, and the content binding document can be retrieved using the bound universal resource locator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Hoertnagl, James F. Riordan, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg
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Publication number: 20090319794Abstract: A method is provided for adding intended meaning to digital signatures. A message, being base content, is received to be signed. Assertions, ontologies, and description of a reasoner are adjoined to the message. Ontologies are a formal specification of vocabulary and rules used to state the assertions. The reasoner validates the assertions against the corresponding ontologies. A compound message is formed including the message, the assertions, the ontologies, and the reasoner. The compound message is signed using a cryptographic digital signature, where the assertions indicate an intended meaning of the digital signature. During verification of semantic signatures, a digital signature is received for a compound message, where the compound message includes assertions, ontologies, and reasoner. The digital signature is verified, and the compound message structure is checked for semantic signature conformance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Hoertnagl, James F. Riordan, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg
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Patent number: 7636786Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for facilitating access by a user to a resource of an on-line service via a data communications network, the resource being accessible via an entry page of the service. A method includes checking whether a user condition, prestored in the network, is satisfied, the user condition being associated with the user and relating to the resource. If the condition is not satisfied, the entry page is sent to the user via the network. If the condition is satisfied, the entry page is modified by adding an indication relating to the resource. The modified entry page in then sent to the user advantageously, the method also includes transmitting to the user a notification message in response to, and indicative of, the condition being satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Carl Binding, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Stefan G. Hild
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Publication number: 20090287706Abstract: A method of preserving privacy and confidentiality in a system where information is associated with an existing web page having an address. The method includes receiving a store command from a first user system, the store command including at least a database key and information to be associated with the web page, wherein the database key was created by performing a cryptographic hash function on the address of the web page; storing the information at a location in a storage database; associating the location with the database key; receiving a retrieve command from a second user system, the retrieve command including the database key calculated by the second user system; retrieving stored information from one or more locations in the database associated with the database key; and transmitting the stored information to the second user system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Christian Hoertnagl, James F. Riordan
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Publication number: 20090037583Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for detecting peer-to-peer communication on a data communication network, between an internal client machine within an internal address space and an external client machine. The method includes routing all messages addressed to internal client machines to an analysis device. The analysis device identifies messages pertaining to peer-to-peer communication and identifies the internal client machine to which the messages of a specified nature were addressed. The analysis device terminates the connection with the external client machine if the establishing of the peer-to-peer communication is in violation of a pre-determined internal network rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Dominique Alessandri, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, James F. Riordan, Diego M. Zamboni
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Publication number: 20080222615Abstract: Electronic devices and methods of processing and preparing processing application data are disclosed. Application data are operated on a first electronic device (2a) and a copy of said application data is operated on at least another electronic device (2b). A method call for modifying application data on the first device (2a) is translated into a more general description. The description is passed to the other device (2b). The application data on the first device (2a) is processed according to the method call. On the second device (2b), the received description of the method call is translated into a locally executable method call which is processed on the copy of application data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Yann Duponchel, Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, Marcel Graf, Michael Moser
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Publication number: 20060101422Abstract: Electronic devices and methods of processing and preparing processing application data are disclosed. Application data are operated on a first electronic device (2a) and a copy of said application data is operated on at least another electronic device (2b). A method call for modifying application data on the first device (2a) is translated into a more general description. The description is passed to the other device (2b). The application data on the first device (2a) is processed according to the method call. On the second device (2b), the received description of the method call is translated into a locally executable method call which is processed on the copy of application data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2003Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Yann Duponchel, Achille Fokoue-Nkoutche, Marcel Graf, Michael Moser
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Patent number: 7024413Abstract: A computer-readable medium is encoded with a method of externalizing legacy data from a legacy database on a data resource into an Extensible Markup Language (“XML”)-compliant format where the format is specified by an automatically generated XML meta-description, thus enabling access and processing of legacy data by XML-compliant applications.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2001Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Carl Binding, Stefan G. Hild, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Kjell Beisland, Andreas Schade
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Publication number: 20040260817Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for facilitating access by a user to a resource of an on-line service via a data communications network, the resource being accessible via an entry page of the service. A method includes checking whether a user condition, prestored in the network, is satisfied, the user condition being associated with the user and relating to the resource. If the condition is not satisfied, the entry page is sent to the user via the network. If the condition is satisfied, the entry page is modified by adding an indication relating to the resource. The modified entry page in then sent to the user advantageously, the method also includes transmitting to the user a notification message in response to, and indicative of, the condition being satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Carl Binding, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Stefan G. Hild
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Publication number: 20040111482Abstract: Described is a method for routing an electronic message from an electronic device to an output unit. Automatically controlled steps are comprised of determining at least one of several output units based on a result of a message classification process, and of initiating the message to be routed to the determined output unit for presenting the message to a user of the electronic device. Further there is described an electronic device, having interfaces for connecting output units to the device, and a control unit for controlling the routing of messages. The messages are determined to be presented to a user of the device via at least one of these output units. The control unit is configured for determining at least one of these output units for routing a message to based on a result of a message classification process, and for routing the message to that interface serving the determined output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Yann Duponchel, Marcel Graf, Michael Moser
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Publication number: 20020100027Abstract: A computer-readable medium is encoded with a method of externalizing legacy data from a legacy database on a data resource into an Extensible Markup Language (“XML”)-compliant format where the format is specified by an automatically generated XML meta-description, thus enabling access and processing of legacy data by XML-compliant applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Carl Binding, Stefan G. Hild, Daniela Bourges-Waldegg, Kjell Beisland, Andreas Schade