Patents by Inventor David S. Singer

David S. Singer 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: 8959097
    Abstract: A method and system for harvesting collaboration data in accordance with a privacy policy is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a privacy policy for collaboration data, said privacy policy including a list of fields associated with the collaboration data to be harvested; harvesting the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable under the privacy policy; transforming the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable if said collaboration data can be transformed in accordance with a set of rules defined in the privacy policy; and storing the harvested collaboration data in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Catalina M. Danis, Thomas D. Erickson, Mary E. Helander, Wendy A. Kellogg, Rhonda Rosenbaum, David S. Singer, Calvin B. Swart
  • Publication number: 20110225200
    Abstract: A method and system for harvesting collaboration data in accordance with a privacy policy is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a privacy policy for collaboration data, said privacy policy including a list of fields associated with the collaboration data to be harvested; harvesting the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable under the privacy policy; transforming the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable if said collaboration data can be transformed in accordance with a set of rules defined in the privacy policy; and storing the harvested collaboration data in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Catalina M. Danis, Thomas D. Erickson, Mary E. Helander, Wendy A. Kellogg, Rhonda Rosenbaum, David S. Singer, Calvin B. Swart
  • Publication number: 20090113012
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for identifying spoofed emails. According to the method, an email addressed to a recipient in a first network is received, with the email including a plurality of headers, and at least one of the plurality of headers including a sender address. It is determined whether the sender address indicates a mailbox from within the first network, and the sender address is modified if it indicates a mailbox within the first network. The email with the modified sender address is sent to the recipient. In one embodiment, a second email is received that is from the recipient and that is addressed to the modified sender address, the modified sender address is modified so as to return it to its original form, and the second email is sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventor: DAVID S. SINGER
  • Patent number: 7472164
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for identifying spoofed emails. According to the method, an email addressed to a recipient in a first network is received, with the email including a plurality of headers, and at least one of the plurality of headers including a sender address. It is determined whether the sender address indicates a mailbox from within the first network, and the sender address is modified if it indicates a mailbox within the first network. The email with the modified sender address is sent to the recipient. In one embodiment, a second email is received that is from the recipient and that is addressed to the modified sender address, the modified sender address is modified so as to return it to its original form, and the second email is sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: David S. Singer
  • Publication number: 20020198859
    Abstract: A system and method for providing web links based on the content of text to thereby create a web site with appropriate web links (hot links) imbedded in the web site. An application program reviews the text of the web site, preferably during the process of creating HTML code and determines and displays possible hot links which can be embedded into the application for an individual such as the web site creator to determine whether or not to include a hot link as suggested by the application. Several different hot links may be determined which are appropriate and one or more may be inserted into the application. Links are created based on capitalization, a corporation-indicating word and/or trademark or trade name indication, either alone or based on historical information of past web site links or text for which no web site was used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David S. Singer, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner