Patents by Inventor Mark A. Maharg

Mark A. Maharg 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).

  • On-demand service reconciliation, audit, and alert
    Patent number: 7941466
    Abstract: An audit tool (AT) operates in cooperation with an audit tool manager (ATM), a policy file (PF) and a query file (QF) in order to provide a real time display of usage within an on-demand service system. The ATM identifies the data to be gathered. Using the ATM, the user identifies comparison points, maps the comparison points to audit controls, defines policies and develops SQL queries to report transactions and record quantities. The AT gathers data, displays the gathered data, and compares the data points, and alerts the user to a discrepancy. The AT displays the compared data points side by side so that real time visual verification can be made, and the AT also alerts the user to discrepancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Christiance, Michael S. Hewett, Mark A. Maharg, James H. Thomas
  • On-Demand Service Reconciliation, Audit, and Alert Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20090217143
    Abstract: An audit tool (AT) operates in cooperation with an audit tool manager (ATM), a policy file (PF) and a query file (QF) in order to provide a real time display of usage within an on-demand service system. The ATM identifies the data to be gathered. Using the ATM, the user identifies comparison points, maps the comparison points to audit controls, defines policies and develops SQL queries to report transactions and record quantities. The AT gathers data, displays the gathered data, and compares the data points, and alerts the user to a discrepancy. The AT displays the compared data points side by side so that real time visual verification can be made, and the AT also alerts the user to discrepancies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Christiance, Michael S. Hewett, Mark A. Maharg, James H. Thomas
  • On-demand service reconciliation, audit, and alert apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7529738
    Abstract: An audit tool (AT) operates in cooperation with an audit tool manager (ATM), a policy file (PF) and a query file (QF) in order to provide a real time display of usage within an on-demand service system. The ATM identifies the data to be gathered. Using the ATM, the user identifies comparison points, maps the comparison points to audit controls, defines policies and develops SQL queries to report transactions and record quantities. The AT gathers data, displays the gathered data, and compares the data points, and alerts the user to a discrepancy. The AT displays the compared data points side by side so that real time visual verification can be made, and the AT also alerts the user to discrepancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Christiance, Michael S. Hewett, Mark A. Maharg, James H. Thomas
  • On-demand service reconciliation, audit, and alert apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20070027846
    Abstract: An audit tool (AT) operates in cooperation with an audit tool manager (ATM), a policy file (PF) and a query file (QF) in order to provide a real time display of usage within an on-demand service system. The ATM identifies the data to be gathered. Using the ATM, the user identifies comparison points, maps the comparison points to audit controls, defines policies and develops SQL queries to report transactions and record quantities. The AT gathers data, displays the gathered data, and compares the data points, and alerts the user to a discrepancy. The AT displays the compared data points side by side so that real time visual verification can be made, and the AT also alerts the user to discrepancies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kenneth Christiance, Michael Hewett, Mark Maharg, James Thomas