Patents by Inventor Joe Reves

Joe Reves 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 role-based security policy management
    Patent number: 7484237
    Abstract: A method and corresponding tool are described for security policy management in a network comprising a plurality of hosts and at least one configurable policy enforcement point. The method, comprises creating one or more policy templates representing classes of usage control models within the network that are enforceable by configuration of the policy enforcement points; creating one or more policy instances, each based on one of the templates and instantiating the template for identified sets of hosts within the network to which the usage control model is to be applied, deploying the policy instances by generating and providing one or more configuration files for provisioning corresponding policy enforcement points within the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pascal Joly, Olivier Berger, Joe Reves, Jean-Laurent Huynh, Suresh Pai
  • Method and apparatus for role-based security policy management
    Publication number: 20050257244
    Abstract: A method and corresponding tool are described for security policy management in a network comprising a plurality of hosts and at least one configurable policy enforcement point. The method, comprises creating one or more policy templates representing classes of usage control models within the network that are enforceable by configuration of the policy enforcement points; creating one or more policy instances, each based on one of the templates and instantiating the template for identified sets of hosts within the network to which the usage control model is to be applied, deploying the policy instances by generating and providing one or more configuration files for provisioning corresponding policy enforcement points within the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Pascal Joly, Olivier Berger, Joe Reves, Jean-Laurent Huynh, Suresh Pai