Patents by Inventor Ingo J. Averdunk

Ingo J. Averdunk 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 system for hiding sensitive data in log files
    Patent number: 9589146
    Abstract: An approach for hiding sensitive data in log files is provided. The approach uses a background program embedded within an operating system. The background program intercepts a write operation of an application and, in response to determining that the write operation is for a log file, gets content of the write operation. The background program checks a knowledge base that comprises information for the sensitive data and identifies the sensitive data in the content of the write operation. The background program masks the sensitive data in the content of the write operation, in response to determining that the content of the write operation has the sensitive data to be masked. In the log file, the background program writes modified content in which the sensitive data is masked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ingo J. Averdunk, Gianluca Della Corte, Stefano Proietti, Antonio M. Sgro
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIDING SENSITIVE DATA IN LOG FILES
    Publication number: 20150302206
    Abstract: An approach for hiding sensitive data in log files is provided. The approach uses a background program embedded within an operating system. The background program intercepts a write operation of an application and, in response to determining that the write operation is for a log file, gets content of the write operation. The background program checks a knowledge base that comprises information for the sensitive data and identifies the sensitive data in the content of the write operation. The background program masks the sensitive data in the content of the write operation, in response to determining that the content of the write operation has the sensitive data to be masked. In the log file, the background program writes modified content in which the sensitive data is masked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ingo J. Averdunk, Gianluca Della Corte, Stefano Proietti, Antonio M. Sgro