Patents by Inventor Kylene Hall

Kylene Hall 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).

  • Publication number: 20070169175
    Abstract: A method, system, and program are provided for killing login-based sessions with a single action. In addition to issuing a session token to a client system upon login by a user to a network service, a personal token is issued to the client system. The personal token is executable at the client system to trigger accesses to a personal session controller and to automatically disallow the session token if the personal session controller indicates that the personal token is deactivated. The personal session controller enables an interface through which a user is enabled select to deactivate all active personal tokens with a single action, such that a user manages killing login-based sessions independent of the server system authorizing each login-based session and independent of the client system to which the login-based session was authorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Kylene Hall, Johnny Shieh
  • Publication number: 20060020714
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method of displaying images based on image content are provided. To do so, a database of offensive images is maintained. Stored in the database, however, are hashed versions of the offensive images. When a user is accessing a Web page and the Web page contains an image, the image is hashed and the hashed image is compared to hashed images stored in the database. A match between the message digest of the image on the Web page and one of the stored message digests indicates that the image is offensive. All offensive images are precluded from being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janice Girouard, Dustin Kirkland, Emily Ratliff, Kylene Hall
  • Publication number: 20060012561
    Abstract: An improved electronic whiteboard is provided. The improved electronic whiteboard includes a plurality of toggle switches along a vertical side for drawing vertical straight lines across the electronic whiteboard and a plurality of toggle switches along a horizontal side for drawing horizontal straight lines across the electronic whiteboard. When some or all the switches along the vertical side are turned on, vertical straight lines are drawn across the electronic whiteboard. Likewise, when some or all the switches along the horizontal side are turned on, horizontal straight lines are drawn across the electronic whiteboard. The intersections of the vertical straight lines with the horizontal straight lines form a plurality of grid cells. The electronic whiteboard contains means for determining the location of these cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Halcrow, Kylene Hall, Dustin Kirkland, Herman Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20060012568
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method of importing data arranged in a table on an electronic whiteboard into a spreadsheet displayed in a computer system are provided. Generally, the spreadsheet and the table each include a plurality of grid cells. To determine where in the spreadsheet to display the data in the table, the location of the cursor in the spreadsheet is first established. This grid cell is used as a reference point. That is, data in the left-most/top-most grid cell on the table is displayed in the grid cell of the spreadsheet in which the cursor is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Halcrow, Kylene Hall, Dustin Kirkland, Herman Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20050283622
    Abstract: A system for managing security index scores is provided. A security index that rates the security level of a portion of code is associated with the code. Development tools, such as packaging utilities, compilers, integrated development environments, and the like, may warn the user if the security level of the portion of the code is low. Source code repository tools, such as concurrent versioning systems, may deny submitted source code if the security index is below a threshold or below a previous version. Installation tools may warn a user or refuse to install a software package if an associated security index is low. Security index scores may be maintained and digitally signed by a trusted third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kylene Hall, Dustin Kirkland, Emily Ratliff
  • Publication number: 20050283834
    Abstract: A mechanism for determining a probabilistic security score for a software package is provided. The mechanism calculates a raw numerical score that is probabilistically linked to how many security vulnerabilities are present in the source code. The score may then be used to assign a security rating that can be used in either absolute form or comparative form. The mechanism uses a source code analysis tool to determine a number of critical vulnerabilities, a number of serious vulnerabilities, and a number of inconsequential vulnerabilities. The mechanism may then determine a score based on the numbers of vulnerabilities and the number of lines of code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kylene Hall, Dustin Kirkland, Emily Ratliff