Patents by Inventor Lenore Ramm

Lenore Ramm 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).

  • Detecting the presence of an installation on a data processing system based on the relative storage locations of one or more files
    Patent number: 8122502
    Abstract: The presence of an installation on a data processing system may be detected by providing a signature that includes m files having paths associated therewith, respectively. A number n files on the data processing system are determined that match files in the signature and a files found ratio given by n/m is determined. A transformation is applied to the signature by replacing at least a portion of at least one of the paths with a new path. Then, a distance is determined between the n files on the data processing system and the m signature files. The distance corresponds to a sum of a number of path segments associated with the m signature files that cannot be matched to a corresponding path segment associated with files on the data processing system. The presence of the installation on the data processing system is determined based on the files found ratio and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Melanie Gurda, James S. Jennings, Lenore Ramm
  • Detecting the presence of an installation on a data processing system based on the relative storage locations of one or more files
    Patent number: 7552474
    Abstract: The presence of an installation on a data processing system may be detected by providing a signature that includes m files having paths associated therewith, respectively. A number n files on the data processing system are determined that match files in the signature and a files found ratio given by n/m is determined. A transformation is applied to the signature by replacing at least a portion of at least one of the paths with a new path. Then, a distance is determined between the n files on the data processing system and the m signature files. The distance corresponds to a sum of a number of path segments associated with the m signature files that cannot be matched to a corresponding path segment associated with files on the data processing system. The presence of the installation on the data processing system is determined based on the files found ratio and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Melanie Gurda, James S. Jennings, Lenore Ramm
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN INSTALLATION ON A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM BASED ON THE RELATIVE STORAGE LOCATIONS OF ONE OR MORE FILES
    Publication number: 20080243839
    Abstract: The presence of an installation on a data processing system may be detected by providing a signature that includes m files having paths associated therewith, respectively. A number n files on the data processing system are determined that match files in the signature and a files found ratio given by n/m is determined. A transformation is applied to the signature by replacing at least a portion of at least one of the paths with a new path. Then, a distance is determined between the n files on the data processing system and the m signature files. The distance corresponds to a sum of a number of path segments associated with the m signature files that cannot be matched to a corresponding path segment associated with files on the data processing system. The presence of the installation on the data processing system is determined based on the files found ratio and the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Melanie Gurda, James S. Jennings, Lenore Ramm
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting the presence of an installation on a data processing system based on the relative storage locations of one or more files
    Publication number: 20050193216
    Abstract: The presence of an installation on a data processing system may be detected by providing a signature that includes m files having paths associated therewith, respectively. A number n files on the data processing system are determined that match files in the signature and a files found ratio given by n/m is determined. A transformation is applied to the signature by replacing at least a portion of at least one of the paths with a new path. Then, a distance is determined between the n files on the data processing system and the m signature files. The distance corresponds to a sum of a number of path segments associated with the m signature files that cannot be matched to a corresponding path segment associated with files on the data processing system. The presence of the installation on the data processing system is determined based on the files found ratio and the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Melanie Gurda, James Jennings, Lenore Ramm