Patents by Inventor Helen McKinstry

Helen McKinstry 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling the presentation of confidential content
    Patent number: 8091138
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for controlling the presentation of information. In response to receiving a request to present the information, a process confirms that conditions for presentation of the information are satisfied using a set of presentation policies, wherein the conditions are specified in the set of presentation policies, and wherein the conditions comprise a status of a user and a setting of the user. The process then determines whether confidential content is present in the information. Responsive to the confidential content being present, the process redacts the confidential content before presenting the information to a user, and then updates a presentation history with metadata describing the presentation of the information comprising the confidential content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Krishna Kishore Yellepeddy, Conrad James Johnson, Helen McKinstry, Perry Lee Statham, Sandra Lee Tipton
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE PRESENTATION OF CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20090070881
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for controlling the presentation of information. In response to receiving a request to present the information, a process confirms that conditions for presentation of the information are satisfied using a set of presentation policies, wherein the conditions are specified in the set of presentation policies, and wherein the conditions comprise a status of a user and a setting of the user. The process then determines whether confidential content is present in the information. Responsive to the confidential content being present, the process redacts the confidential content before presenting the information to a user, and then updates a presentation history with metadata describing the presentation of the information comprising the confidential content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Krishna Kishore Yellepeddy, Conrad James Johnson, Helen McKinstry, Perry Lee Statham, Sandra Lee Tipton