Patents by Inventor Lyle Smith Simons

Lyle Smith Simons 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).

  • Compliance management method and system
    Patent number: 8028269
    Abstract: A compliance method and system. The method includes receiving by computing system compliance data comprising a plurality of compliance rules from a plurality of different compliance domains. The plurality of compliance rules are converted from said text format to a first plurality of program objects. Attributes for the first plurality of program objects are modified. A compliance report comprising an output of the plurality of program objects is generated. An automated compliance verification software tool compares the first plurality of program objects with compliance verification data in order to verify if the first plurality of program objects is in accordance with the compliance verification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ritu Bhatia, Derek M. Jennings, Lyle Smith Simons
  • COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080222631
    Abstract: A compliance method and system. The method includes receiving by computing system compliance data comprising a plurality of compliance rules from a plurality of different compliance domains. The plurality of compliance rules are converted from said text format to a first plurality of program objects. Attributes for the first plurality of program objects are modified. A compliance report comprising an output of the plurality of program objects is generated. An automated compliance verification software tool compares the first plurality of program objects with compliance verification data in order to verify if the first plurality of program objects is in accordance with the compliance verification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Ritu Bhatia, Derek M. Jennings, Lyle Smith Simons