Patents by Inventor John James Ralph Scott

John James Ralph Scott 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 system for protecting sensitive data in a program
    Patent number: 9021605
    Abstract: To protect sensitive data in program code, a method includes providing a programming interface with a capability of allocating a protected region of memory which can only be accessed by authorized code. Sensitive data present in program code is stored in the protected region of memory. The method includes marking parts of code in a program as authorized or not authorized to access the sensitive data, and determining if that part of a program which is executing is authorized to access protected data by reference to the marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George Meldrum Blue, John James Ralph Scott, Jamie Peter Squibb, Philip Graham Willoughby
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA IN A PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20080163382
    Abstract: To protect sensitive data in program code, a method includes providing a programming interface with a capability of allocating a protected region of memory which can only be accessed by authorized code. Sensitive data present in program code is stored in the protected region of memory. The method includes marking parts of code in a program as authorized or not authorized to access the sensitive data, and determining if that part of a program which is executing is authorized to access protected data by reference to the marking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: George Meldrum Blue, John James Ralph Scott, Jamie Peter Squibb, Philip Graham Willoughby