Patents by Inventor Ellen McDermott

Ellen McDermott 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).

  • Analysis of event information to perform contextual audit
    Patent number: 8095979
    Abstract: Analysis of audit information that takes into account a wide context allows for a rich picture from which system conditions may be assessed. Event information about various events that have occurred or are occurring, on various sources in the computing arrangement, is maintained. Each entity has an “activity identifier”, which remains the same across various events performed by that entity at the various sources. Event information associated with the various sources is contextually analyzed on the basis of the activity identifier, to assess whether a condition exists that impacts the performance and/or security of the computing arrangement. In case it is determined that such a condition exists, an action is performed to remediate the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ellen McDermott, Efim Hudis
  • ANALYSIS OF EVENT INFORMATION TO PERFORM CONTEXTUAL AUDIT
    Publication number: 20080184058
    Abstract: Analysis of audit information that takes into account a wide context allows for a rich picture from which system conditions may be assessed. Event information about various events that have occurred or are occurring, on various sources in the computing arrangement, is maintained. Each entity has an “activity identifier”, which remains the same across various events performed by that entity at the various sources. Event information associated with the various sources is contextually analyzed on the basis of the activity identifier, to assess whether a condition exists that impacts the performance and/or security of the computing arrangement. In case it is determined that such a condition exists, an action is performed to remediate the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ellen McDermott, Efim Hudis