Patents by Inventor Jeffrey L. Fairbrother

Jeffrey L. Fairbrother 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).

  • Owner controlled access to shared data resource
    Patent number: 8484309
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for controlling an access to a data resource are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for controlling an access to a data resource comprises: communicating a request for the access to the data resource from a requester to an owner of the data resource for validation, the communicating being implemented by a network server; and generating information required by an access implementation server to implement a validated access and updating a data storage device with the generated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bong, Jeffrey M. Eichen, Jeffrey L. Fairbrother, John W. Greiner, Jerrold M. Heyman
  • OWNER CONTROLLED ACCESS TO SHARED DATA RESOURCE
    Publication number: 20080201450
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for controlling an access to a data resource are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for controlling an access to a data resource comprises: communicating a request for the access to the data resource from a requester to an owner of the data resource for validation, the communicating being implemented by a network server; and generating information required by an access implementation server to implement a validated access and updating a data storage device with the generated information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Bong, Jeffrey M. Eichen, Jeffrey L. Fairbrother, John W. Greiner, Jerrold M. Heyman