Patents by Inventor Darrell O. Swope

Darrell O. Swope 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: 9300677
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for validating data contained in a request sent by a requestor to a server application. A computer receives the request from the requestor before receipt of the request by the server application. The computer identifies a set of data validation rules to apply to the data in the request based on a data format specification contained in the request sent by the requestor. The computer determines whether the data is valid based on the identified set of data validation rules. The computer forwards the request to the server application in response to the computer determining that the data is valid based on the identified set of data validation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Dewey, Darrell O. Swope
  • Publication number: 20120096536
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for validating data contained in a request sent by a requestor to a server application. A computer receives the request from the requestor before receipt of the request by the server application. The computer identifies a set of data validation rules to apply to the data in the request based on a data format specification contained in the request sent by the requestor. The computer determines whether the data is valid based on the identified set of data validation rules. The computer forwards the request to the server application in response to the computer determining that the data is valid based on the identified set of data validation rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Dewey, Darrell O. Swope