Patents by Inventor John B. Beavers

John B. Beavers 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).

  • System and method for tracking and filtering alerts in an enterprise and generating alert indications for analysis
    Patent number: 7171689
    Abstract: A system and method for declaring alert indications that occur in an enterprise comprising translating a number of device outputs into a common format event using a number of translation files, and generating a number of knowledge-containing common format events based on matches between the common format events and knowledge base tables. A set of rules determines whether the knowledge base common format events rise to an alert indication for further automated correlation and analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: John B. Beavers
  • System and method for managing alert indications in an enterprise
    Publication number: 20030221123
    Abstract: A system and method for managing alert incidents or indications in an enterprise processes information about the enterprise using tables, databases, and rules to determine whether the information is worthy of declaring an incident for action to be taken. The inputted information is filtered and throttled using the rules, decision tables, databases and defaults to display the incident in a useful format that shows a defined conclusion for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventor: John B. Beavers
  • System and method for tracking and filtering alerts in an enterprise and generating alert indications for analysis
    Publication number: 20030167406
    Abstract: A system and method for declaring alert indications that occur in an enterprise comprising translating a number of device outputs into a common format event using a number of translation files, and generating a number of knowledge-containing common format events based on matches between the common format events and knowledge base tables. A set of rules determines whether the knowledge base common format events rise to an alert indication for further automated correlation and analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: John B. Beavers