Patents by Inventor Lorraine Phyllis Vassberg

Lorraine Phyllis Vassberg 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for scoped role-based access control
    Patent number: 8458337
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing role-based access control of a resource by a subject in an access control system are provided. The system comprises one or more roles capable of association with one or more subjects, and a plurality of permission sets. One or more of the plurality of permission sets are associated with each of the one or more roles. The system further comprises a plurality of resources. One or more of the plurality of resources are associated with each of the one or more permission sets, and each of the plurality of resources is associated with a set of one or more subjects. A given subject in a set of one or more subjects for a given resource and having a role-permission association with the given resource is provided access control of the given resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carole Rhoads Corley, Jorge Lobo, Lorraine Phyllis Vassberg, Xiping Wang
  • Meta-data tags used to describe data behaviors
    Patent number: 7668857
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to aggregate data. Data is parsed for a behavior tag assigned to a portion of the data. In response to detecting a behavior tag, a determination is made as to whether a policy is associated with the behavior tag. The policy associated with a behavior tag defines how the portion of the data assigned to the behavior tag is to be aggregated. The portion of the data is aggregated using the policy associated with the behavior tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Cook, Randy Allan Rendahl, David G. Robinson, Shaw-Ben Shi, Lorraine Phyllis Vassberg
  • Methods and Apparatus for Scoped Role-Based Access Control
    Publication number: 20080243856
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing role-based access control of a resource by a subject in an access control system are provided. The system comprises one or more roles capable of association with one or more subjects, and a plurality of permission sets. One or more of the plurality of permission sets are associated with each of the one or more roles. The system further comprises a plurality of resources. One or more of the plurality of resources are associated with each of the one or more permission sets, and each of the plurality of resources is associated with a set of one or more subjects. A given subject in a set of one or more subjects for a given resource and having a role-permission association with the given resource is provided access control of the given resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carole Rhoads Corley, Jorge Lobo, Lorraine Phyllis Vassberg, Xiping Wang
  • Methods and apparatus for scoped role-based access control
    Publication number: 20080005115
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing role-based access control of a resource by a subject in an access control system are provided. The system comprises one or more roles capable of association with one or more subjects, and a plurality of permission sets. One or more of the plurality of permission sets are associated with each of the one or more roles. The system further comprises a plurality of resources. One or more of the plurality of resources are associated with each of the one or more permission sets, and each of the plurality of resources is associated with a set of one or more subjects. A given subject in a set of one or more subjects for a given resource and having a role-permission association with the given resource is provided access control of the given resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carole Rhoads Corley, Jorge Lobo, Lorraine Phyllis Vassberg, Xiping Wang