Patents by Inventor Gerald Ferguson

Gerald Ferguson 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: 11533339
    Abstract: An example embodiment performed by a scoped software application executable on a computing device of a computational instance of a remote network management platform may involve: requesting and receiving, from an application database associated with a third-party software application, alert rules that trigger alerts when associated events occur in a managed network; receiving data representing selection of a set of the alert rules and, based on the data, requesting and receiving, from the application database, a set of past alerts that have been triggered by the set of the alert rules; using mapping data to map fields of the set of the past alerts to fields of a sample security incident record; displaying a preview region including the sample security incident record; using the mapping data to create security incident records that map to the set of the past alerts; and writing, to a security incident database, the security incident records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Woodley Brotherton, Vamsi Krishna Madala, Teja Chava, John Gerald Ferguson, Hnin Haymar, Betsy Cherian, Eun-Sook Watson
  • Publication number: 20210058431
    Abstract: An example embodiment performed by a scoped software application executable on a computing device of a computational instance of a remote network management platform may involve: requesting and receiving, from an application database associated with a third-party software application, alert rules that trigger alerts when associated events occur in a managed network; receiving data representing selection of a set of the alert rules and, based on the data, requesting and receiving, from the application database, a set of past alerts that have been triggered by the set of the alert rules; using mapping data to map fields of the set of the past alerts to fields of a sample security incident record; displaying a preview region including the sample security incident record; using the mapping data to create security incident records that map to the set of the past alerts; and writing, to a security incident database, the security incident records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Woodley Brotherton, Vamsi Krishna Madala, Teja Chava, John Gerald Ferguson, Hnin Haymar, Betsy Cherian, Eun-Sook Watson
  • Patent number: 10826942
    Abstract: An example embodiment performed by a scoped software application executable on a computing device of a computational instance of a remote network management platform may involve: requesting and receiving, from an application database associated with a third-party software application, alert rules that trigger alerts when associated events occur in a managed network; receiving data representing selection of a set of the alert rules and, based on the data, requesting and receiving, from the application database, a set of past alerts that have been triggered by the set of the alert rules; using mapping data to map fields of the set of the past alerts to fields of a sample security incident record; displaying a preview region including the sample security incident record; using the mapping data to create security incident records that map to the set of the past alerts; and writing, to a security incident database, the security incident records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Woodley Brotherton, Vamsi Krishna Madala, Teja Chava, John Gerald Ferguson, Hnin Haymar, Betsy Cherian, Eun-Sook Watson
  • Patent number: 10708230
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to firewall configuration management, and, more specifically, to managing firewall configurations using dynamically generated block lists. A computer-implemented method includes adding an entry as a record in a block list entries table and associating the entry with a block list in a block list table and with an observable in an observables table. The method also includes activating the entry in the block list entries table to allow or block subsequent occurrences of the observable on a client network. The method further includes receiving a request for the block list from a firewall disposed on the client network and, in response, generating the block list from activated entries in the block list table and block list entries table and sending the block list to the firewall, wherein the firewall is configured to allow or block network traffic associated with the observable on the client network in accordance with the block list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Sangshu Huang, John Gerald Ferguson, Kurt Zettel
  • Publication number: 20200053127
    Abstract: An example embodiment performed by a scoped software application executable on a computing device of a computational instance of a remote network management platform may involve: requesting and receiving, from an application database associated with a third-party software application, alert rules that trigger alerts when associated events occur in a managed network; receiving data representing selection of a set of the alert rules and, based on the data, requesting and receiving, from the application database, a set of past alerts that have been triggered by the set of the alert rules; using mapping data to map fields of the set of the past alerts to fields of a sample security incident record; displaying a preview region including the sample security incident record; using the mapping data to create security incident records that map to the set of the past alerts; and writing, to a security incident database, the security incident records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Woodley Brotherton, Vamsi Krishna Madala, Teja Chava, John Gerald Ferguson, Hnin Haymar, Betsy Cherian, Eun-Sook Watson
  • Publication number: 20190386960
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to firewall configuration management, and, more specifically, to managing firewall configurations using dynamically generated block lists. A computer-implemented method includes adding an entry as a record in a block list entries table and associating the entry with a block list in a block list table and with an observable in an observables table. The method also includes activating the entry in the block list entries table to allow or block subsequent occurrences of the observable on a client network. The method further includes receiving a request for the block list from a firewall disposed on the client network and, in response, generating the block list from activated entries in the block list table and block list entries table and sending the block list to the firewall, wherein the firewall is configured to allow or block network traffic associated with the observable on the client network in accordance with the block list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Sangshu Huang, John Gerald Ferguson, Kurt Zettel
  • Patent number: 9164035
    Abstract: A distributive transmissometer, comprising a series of light sources that illuminate and map out a volume of space to be sampled to a one-dimensional space, a light detector, the one-dimensional space being mapped to the light detector such that spatial dust density distribution of the volume to be sampled can be determined; and, a lens for focusing light emitted by the light sources toward the light detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Chandraika Sugrim, Rollie DeWayne Berry, Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: 9118720
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively removing a data element that triggers a policy violation from a web request to an interactive website. In one method, the method identifies a policy for protecting source data, having a plurality of data elements. The method further evaluates a web request sent to an interactive website as part of a web-based application, and determines that the web request includes at least one data element triggering a violation of the policy. The method determines the data boundaries of the web request, and selectively removes data content within the data boundaries containing the at least one data element that triggered the violation to allow the web request to be processed by the interactive website as if it were the original web request containing the at least one data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shree Raman, John Gerald Ferguson, Bruce Christopher Wootton, Timothy Michael Wyatt, Hai Chen
  • Publication number: 20150233825
    Abstract: A distributive transmissometer, comprising a series of light sources that illuminate and map out a volume of space to be sampled to a one-dimensional space, a light detector, the one-dimensional space being mapped to the light detector such that spatial dust density distribution of the volume to be sampled can be determined; and, a lens for focusing light emitted by the light sources toward the light detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Chandraika Sugrim, Rollie DeWayne Berry, Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: 8826443
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively removing a data element that triggers a policy violation from a web request to an interactive website. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method identifies a policy for protecting source data, having a plurality of data elements. The method further evaluates a web request sent to an interactive website as part of a web-based application, and determines that the web request includes at least one of the plurality of data elements triggering a violation of the policy. The method determines the data boundaries of the web request, and selectively removes data content within the data boundaries containing the at least one data element that triggered the violation to allow the web request to be processed by the interactive website as if it were the original web request containing the at least one data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Shree Raman, John Gerald Ferguson, Bruce Christopher Wootton, Timothy Micheal Wyatt, Hai Chen
  • Patent number: 7216587
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion is provided. A carton containing the rolled printing blanket may be provided, and a lengthwise slit or opening is opened to withdraw a mounting end of the printing blanket. The alignment and tension of the printing blanket is controlled as it mounts on the printing press cylinder. Parallel reference lines on the carton may be used to draw alignment marks on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. The alignment and tension may be controlled using graspable sides of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Rocco Elia, Darren Reed McCracken, Sandra H. Ferguson, Thomas Gerald Ferguson, deceased
  • Publication number: 20050194188
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drilling and completing multiple wellbores from a single drilling rig and from within a single wellhead is provided. In one embodiment, a template is disposed at a predetermined location downhole within a casing. In one aspect, a first casing string is lowered with the template to the predetermined location and disposed within a first wellbore. A second wellbore may be drilled through a bore in the template. A second casing string may then be lowered through the bore into the second wellbore. In another embodiment, at least two wellbores are drilled and completed from a surface casing having a crossover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Glaser, Jack Allen, Gerald Ferguson, Ralph Alvarez
  • Patent number: 6827017
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion is provided. A carton containing the rolled printing blanket may be provided, and a lengthwise slit or opening is opened to withdraw a mounting end of the printing blanket. The alignment and tension of the printing blanket is controlled as it mounts on the printing press cylinder. Parallel reference lines on the carton may be used to draw alignment marks on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. The alignment and tension may be controlled using graspable sides of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Rocco Elia, Darren Reed McCracken, Thomas Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: 6540076
    Abstract: A carton is provided for packaging, shipping, and dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion. A lengthwise slit or opening can easily be formed in a panel of the carton from which only an end of the metal-backed printing blanket may be removed. Parallel reference lines may also be included on the carton which permit alignment marks to be drawn on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. Graspable sides of the carton facilitate tension and alignment control as the printing blanket is dispensed onto the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Rocco Elia, Darren Reed McCracken, Thomas Gerald Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20020170453
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion is provided. A carton containing the rolled printing blanket may be provided, and a lengthwise slit or opening is opened to withdraw a mounting end of the printing blanket. The alignment and tension of the printing blanket is controlled as it mounts on the printing press cylinder. Parallel reference lines on the carton may be used to draw alignment marks on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. The alignment and tension may be controlled using graspable sides of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: John Rocco Elia, Darren Reed McCracken, Thomas Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: 6228448
    Abstract: An endless belt for use in digital imaging systems is provided having edge to edge uniform flatness, and precise circumferential and edge to edge thickness. The layers comprising the belt may be tailored as desired for use in either image recording, image transfer or sheet transport operations. In one embodiment, the belt includes an elastomeric base layer, an elastomer-impregnated spun cord layer, a woven or non-woven fabric layer, and an elastomeric surface ply. The belt is preferably manufactured by building the layers on a workpiece and then curing the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvain L. Ndebi, William Haul Haddock, Allen T. Shannon, Michael E. McLean, Melvin Douglas Pinkston, Ray Brooks, Thomas Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: RE38468
    Abstract: A replaceable sleeve having a working surface is provided which is adapted to be mounted on a carrier. The sleeve includes an inner polymeric layer, a reinforcing layer overlying the inner layer, an intermediate polymeric layer overlying the reinforcing layer, and an outer polymeric layer. The sleeve may include a cushion layer between the intermediate layer and the outer layer. The layers comprising the sleeve are formed around a support and then cured simultaneously in a single step. The resulting sleeve may be used in printing operations or in other applications such as coating, embossing, laminating, calendering and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventors: William James Lane, III, Michael Edward McLean, Thomas Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: D418376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Carlisle FoodService Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: D418377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Carlisle FoodService Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Gerald Ferguson
  • Patent number: D427845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: PF Marketing
    Inventors: Gerald Ferguson, Donald Iyoupe, Alfred Myra