Patents by Inventor Dirk Nicol

Dirk Nicol 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).

  • Third party secured storage for web services and web applications
    Patent number: 8738905
    Abstract: A system and method for providing third party secure hosting of an application. The system and method includes providing a host system with a main memory and a third party secured memory, the third party secured memory storing third party information; encrypting the third party information stored on the third party secured memory upon access by a user, the encrypting being via a security key, the security key being held at a customer location; and, enabling access to the third party information only to users having the security key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher B. Ferris, Daniel E. House, Kelvin Lawrence, John R. McGarvey, Dirk Nicol
  • Third Party Secured Storage for Web Services and Web Applications
    Publication number: 20090150682
    Abstract: A system and method for providing third party secure hosting of an application. The system and method includes providing a host system with a main memory and a third party secured memory, the third party secured memory storing third party information; encrypting the third party information stored on the third party secured memory upon access by a user, the encrypting being via a security key, the security key being held at a customer location; and, enabling access to the third party information only to users having the security key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher B. Ferris, Daniel E. House, Kelvin Lawrence, John R. McGarvey, Dirk Nicol