Patents by Inventor Jeff McAffer

Jeff McAffer 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 automatic determination of authorization requirements while editing or generating code
    Patent number: 8789188
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for automatically determining the security requirements of program code during the creation or modification of that program code and for presenting the necessary security permissions to a developer of the program code at the time of the creation or modification of the program code. A cache is established containing program code segments including library calls and application program interfaces that require security permissions at runtime. The cache also includes the security permissions associated with the stored program code segments. Program code editing is monitored in real time during the editing, and instances of edits that add, modify or delete the stored program code segments from the program code being edited are identified. The security permissions associated with the program code segments that are modified by the edits are retrieved from the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ted A. Habeck, Lawrence Koved, Jeff McAffer, Marco Pistoia
  • Method and Apparatus for Automatic Determination of Authorization Requirements While Editing or Generating Code
    Publication number: 20090094667
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for automatically determining the security requirements of program code during the creation or modification of that program code and for presenting the necessary security permissions to a developer of the program code at the time of the creation or modification of the program code. A cache is established containing program code segments including library calls and application program interfaces that require security permissions at runtime. The cache also includes the security permissions associated with the stored program code segments. Program code editing is monitored in real time during the editing, and instances of edits that add, modify or delete the stored program code segments from the program code being edited are identified. The security permissions associated with the program code segments that are modified by the edits are retrieved from the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ted A. Habeck, Lawrence Koved, Jeff McAffer, Marco Pistoia