Patents by Inventor Martin James Cochran

Martin James Cochran 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).

  • Patent number: 10798098
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for access control for enterprise information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving resources of an enterprise, each resource having a respective access control list specifying access privileges to the resource for one or more members, and the resources including entities related to the enterprise and relationships; identifying entity facts of the entities from the resources; determining, for each entity fact, an entity fact access control list; storing data describing the entities, entity facts and the respective entity fact access control lists, wherein each entity fact is associated with its corresponding entity fact access control list; and providing, to each of the members of the enterprise, access privileges to the data describing the entities and the entity facts according to the respective entity fact access control lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Muthian Sivathanu
  • Publication number: 20190260749
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for access control for enterprise information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving resources of an enterprise, each resource having a respective access control list specifying access privileges to the resource for one or more members, and the resources including entities related to the enterprise and relationships; identifying entity facts of the entities from the resources; determining, for each entity fact, an entity fact access control list; storing data describing the entities, entity facts and the respective entity fact access control lists, wherein each entity fact is associated with its corresponding entity fact access control list; and providing, to each of the members of the enterprise, access privileges to the data describing the entities and the entity facts according to the respective entity fact access control lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Muthian Sivathanu
  • Patent number: 10326768
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for access control for enterprise information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving resources of an enterprise, each resource having a respective access control list specifying access privileges to the resource for one or more members, and the resources including entities related to the enterprise and relationships; identifying entity facts of the entities from the resources; determining, for each entity fact, an entity fact access control list; storing data describing the entities, entity facts and the respective entity fact access control lists, wherein each entity fact is associated with its corresponding entity fact access control list; and providing, to each of the members of the enterprise, access privileges to the data describing the entities and the entity facts according to the respective entity fact access control lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Muthian Sivathanu
  • Patent number: 9998472
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for searches associated with the enterprise information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query from a member of an enterprise; searching an index that includes member information and resources: the resources include entities and entity facts related to the enterprise; the entity facts are identified from the entities; the index includes data defining access privileges to the entities and the entity facts according entity fact access control lists; determining the entity facts that are accessible to the member according to the entity fact access control lists; determining, based on member information and entity facts, search result data including data describing entities and entity facts relevant to the query; and providing search results to the member of the enterprise, the search results including the entities and entity facts determined to be relevant to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Jimin Li, Albert Orriols Puig, John Xiao
  • Publication number: 20160352743
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for access control for enterprise information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving resources of an enterprise, each resource having a respective access control list specifying access privileges to the resource for one or more members, and the resources including entities related to the enterprise and relationships; identifying entity facts of the entities from the resources; determining, for each entity fact, an entity fact access control list; storing data describing the entities, entity facts and the respective entity fact access control lists, wherein each entity fact is associated with its corresponding entity fact access control list; and providing, to each of the members of the enterprise, access privileges to the data describing the entities and the entity facts according to the respective entity fact access control lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Muthian Sivathanu
  • Publication number: 20160350134
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for personal assistance based on enterprise information and personal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Jimin Li, Albert Orriols Puig
  • Publication number: 20160350307
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for searches associated with the enterprise information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query from a member of an enterprise; searching an index that includes member information and resources: the resources include entities and entity facts related to the enterprise; the entity facts are identified from the entities; the index includes data defining access privileges to the entities and the entity facts according entity fact access control lists; determining the entity facts that are accessible to the member according to the entity fact access control lists; determining, based on member information and entity facts, search result data including data describing entities and entity facts relevant to the query; and providing search results to the member of the enterprise, the search results including the entities and entity facts determined to be relevant to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Brent VerWeyst, Martin James Cochran, Jimin Li, Albert Orriols Puig, John Xiao