Patents by Inventor Heather Marie Kreger

Heather Marie Kreger 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: 8898731
    Abstract: A method for associating service policies based on application of message content filters to messages sent by a consumer may include receiving a message in which the message relates to a service accessible via a network and access to the service is restricted by a policy enforcement runtime. The method may further include applying at least one message content filter to the message content received to extract information indicative of a message flow associated with a configured policy attachment and correlating the message flow to a selected policy regarding consumer access to the service. The method may further include enforcing the selected policy relative to access to the service by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steven Groeger, Heather Marie Kreger, Robert G. Laird, Arnaud J. Le Hors
  • Publication number: 20130340029
    Abstract: A method for associating service policies based on application of message content filters to messages sent by a consumer may include receiving a message in which the message relates to a service accessible via a network and access to the service is restricted by a policy enforcement runtime. The method may further include applying at least one message content filter to the message content received to extract information indicative of a message flow associated with a configured policy attachment and correlating the message flow to a selected policy regarding consumer access to the service. The method may further include enforcing the selected policy relative to access to the service by the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Mario E. De ARMAS, Steven Groeger, Heather Marie Kreger, Robert G. Laird, Arnaud J. Le Hors
  • Patent number: 7500144
    Abstract: Problems are resolved in a business process that includes application programs that run on an Information Technology (IT) infrastructure having IT components. A symptom is generated that identifies a problem in the business process. Selected application programs and/or IT components in the IT infrastructure that may cause the problem in the business process are identified, based on the symptom. A respective situation for a respective selected application program and/or IT component is obtained. The respective situation is one of a set of component-independent predefined situation categories that is associated with a respective selected application program and/or IT component. The respective situations provide the status of the selected application programs and/or IT components in a common situation format that includes the associated one of the component-independent predefined situation categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Elizabeth Chessell, Jason Cornpropst, John Kenyon Gerken, III, William Pettit Horn, Heather Marie Kreger, Eric Labadie, David M. Ogle, Abdolreza Salahshour, Harm Sluiman, John William Sweitzer
  • Publication number: 20040260595
    Abstract: Problems are resolved in a business process that includes application programs that run on an Information Technology (IT) infrastructure having IT components. A symptom is generated that identifies a problem in the business process. Selected application programs and/or IT components in the IT infrastructure that may cause the problem in the business process are identified, based on the symptom. A respective situation for a respective selected application program and/or IT component is obtained. The respective situation is one of a set of component-independent predefined situation categories that is associated with a respective selected application program and/or IT component. The respective situations provide the status of the selected application programs and/or IT components in a common situation format that includes the associated one of the component-independent predefined situation categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Amanda Elizabeth Chessell, Jason Cornpropst, John Kenyon Gerken, William Pettit Horn, Heather Marie Kreger, Eric Labadie, David M. Ogle, Abdolreza Salahshour, Harm Sluiman, John William Sweitzer