Patents by Inventor Jeffrey L. Wallace

Jeffrey L. Wallace 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).

  • Processes to better support defensible disposal in records management
    Patent number: 10437777
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for enforcing a document retention policy that uses defensible disposal processes. According to one embodiment, a records management system identifies a set of records in a container that is scheduled for deletion on a specified date according to a retention policy. The records management system generates one or more reports listing the records and information associated with the records. The records management system performs a deletion workflow to remove the records listed in the report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Rathgeber, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • Processes to better support defensible disposal in records management
    Patent number: 10430377
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for enforcing a document retention policy that uses defensible disposal processes. According to one embodiment, a records management system identifies a set of records in a container that is scheduled for deletion on a specified date according to a retention policy. The records management system generates one or more reports listing the records and information associated with the records. The records management system performs a deletion workflow to remove the records listed in the report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Rathgeber, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • Parallel container and record organization
    Patent number: 10324898
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for parallel container and record organization using buckets. In response to receiving an update to an entity in a file plan, a date associated with a disposition of the entity is determined and a reference to the entity is added to a bucket associated with the date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ruen R. Dineros, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • Parallel container and record organization
    Patent number: 9619476
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for parallel container and record organization using buckets. In response to receiving an update to an entity in a file plan, a date associated with a disposition of the entity is determined and a reference to the entity is added to a bucket associated with the date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruen R. Dineros, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • PARALLEL CONTAINER AND RECORD ORGANIZATION
    Publication number: 20160078076
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for parallel container and record organization using buckets. In response to receiving an update to an entity in a file plan, a date associated with a disposition of the entity is determined and a reference to the entity is added to a bucket associated with the date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ruen R. Dineros, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • PARALLEL CONTAINER AND RECORD ORGANIZATION
    Publication number: 20160078026
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for parallel container and record organization using buckets. In response to receiving an update to an entity in a file plan, a date associated with a disposition of the entity is determined and a reference to the entity is added to a bucket associated with the date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ruen R. Dineros, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • PROCESSES TO BETTER SUPPORT DEFENSIBLE DISPOSAL IN RECORDS MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150310025
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for enforcing a document retention policy that uses defensible disposal processes. According to one embodiment, a records management system identifies a set of records in a container that is scheduled for deletion on a specified date according to a retention policy. The records management system generates one or more reports listing the records and information associated with the records. The records management system performs a deletion workflow to remove the records listed in the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald L. Rathgeber, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou
  • PROCESSES TO BETTER SUPPORT DEFENSIBLE DISPOSAL IN RECORDS MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150310001
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for enforcing a document retention policy that uses defensible disposal processes. According to one embodiment, a records management system identifies a set of records in a container that is scheduled for deletion on a specified date according to a retention policy. The records management system generates one or more reports listing the records and information associated with the records. The records management system performs a deletion workflow to remove the records listed in the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Rathgeber, Jeffrey L. Wallace, Li Zhou