Patents by Inventor Forrest A. Schumacher

Forrest A. Schumacher 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).

  • Data isolation in shared resource environments
    Patent number: 9135451
    Abstract: A data connection of a shared resource is placed in isolation mode to remove its ability to communicate with other data connections of the shared resource. This ability to isolate the data connection is dynamic in that it can be turned on/off at any time. This provides increased data security for the entities using the data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Angelo Macchiano, Bruce H. Ratcliff, Forrest A. Schumacher, Jerry W. Stevens, Richard P. Tarcza, Stephen R. Valley, Frederick C. Wong
  • DATA ISOLATION IN SHARED RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20140090082
    Abstract: A data connection of a shared resource is placed in isolation mode to remove its ability to communicate with other data connections of the shared resource. This ability to isolate the data connection is dynamic in that it can be turned on/off at any time. This provides increased data security for the entities using the data connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Angelo MACCHIANO, Bruce H. RATCLIFF, Forrest A. SCHUMACHER, Jerry W. STEVENS, Richard P. TARCZA, Stephen R. VALLEY, Frederick C. WONG
  • Data isolation in shared resource environments
    Patent number: 8621485
    Abstract: A data connection of a shared resource is placed in isolation mode to remove its ability to communicate with other data connections of the shared resource. This ability to isolate the data connection is dynamic in that it can be turned on/off at any time. This provides increased data security for the entities using the data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angelo Macchiano, Bruce H. Ratcliff, Forrest A. Schumacher, Jerry W. Stevens, Richard P. Tarcza, Stephen R. Valley, Frederick C. Wong
  • DATA ISOLATION IN SHARED RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20100088708
    Abstract: A data connection of a shared resource is placed in isolation mode to remove its ability to communicate with other data connections of the shared resource. This ability to isolate the data connection is dynamic in that it can be turned on/off at any time. This provides increased data security for the entities using the data connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Angelo Macchiano, Bruce H. Ratcliff, Forrest A. Schumacher, Jerry W. Stevens, Richard P. Tarcza, Stephen R. Valley, Frederick C. Wong