Patents by Inventor Kyle William Smith

Kyle William Smith 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).

  • Transitive trust network
    Patent number: 7895068
    Abstract: Methods, data structures, and systems by which entities can efficiently discover, extend, validate and establish business relationships over a digital network are disclosed. A transitive trust system can be utilized by any number of interconnected entities in which at least two of the entities are capable of sharing information. One or more entity trust lists contain, for at least two of the entities, at least one characteristic. Each characteristic can, for example, describe or pertain to the actual or perceived dependability, reliability and/or credibility of an entity. The system also includes at least one transactional trust list that contains at least one parameter relative to an exchange between at least two of the entities through at least one degree of separation between the entities. The transactional trust list can, for example, be a listing of any type of parameters that define or describe business exchanges within a particular industry segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Ryan Matthew LaSalle, Carie Anne Bottenfield, Sanjay Mathur, Kyle William Smith
  • Transitive trust network
    Patent number: 7143052
    Abstract: Methods, data structures, and systems by which entities can efficiently discover, extend, validate and establish business relationships over a digital network are disclosed. A transitive trust system can be utilized by any number of interconnected entities in which at least two of the entities are capable of sharing information. One or more entity trust lists contain, for at least two of the entities, at least one characteristic. Each characteristic can, for example, describe or pertain to the actual or perceived dependability, reliability and/or credibility of an entity. The system also includes at least one transactional trust list that contains at least one parameter relative to an exchange between at least two of the entities through at least one degree of separation between the entities. The transactional trust list can, for example, be a listing of any type of parameters that define or describe business exchanges within a particular industry segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Ryan Matthew LaSalle, Carie Anne Bottenfield, Sanjay Mathur, Kyle William Smith
  • Transitive trust network
    Publication number: 20030046097
    Abstract: Methods, data structures, and systems by which entities can efficiently discover, extend, validate and establish business relationships over a digital network are disclosed. A transitive trust system can be utilized by any number of interconnected entities in which at least two of the entities are capable of sharing information. One or more entity trust lists contain, for at least two of the entities, at least one characteristic. Each characteristic can, for example, describe or pertain to the actual or perceived dependability, reliability and/or credibility of an entity. The system also includes at least one transactional trust list that contains at least one parameter relative to an exchange between at least two of the entities through at least one degree of separation between the entities. The transactional trust list can, for example, be a listing of any type of parameters that define or describe business exchanges within a particular industry segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Ryan Matthew LaSalle, Carie Anne Bottenfield, Sanjay Mathur, Kyle William Smith