Patents by Inventor Matthew P. Leonard

Matthew P. Leonard 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).

  • Using an object model to improve handling of personally identifiable information
    Patent number: 7962962
    Abstract: In a computer, a first set of object classes are provided representing active entities in an information-handling process and a second set of object classes are provided representing data and rules in the information-handling process. At least one object class has rules associated with data. The above-mentioned objects are used in constructing a model of an information-handling process, and to provide an output that identifies at least one way in which the information-handling process could be improved. One aspect is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven B. Adler, Endre Felix Bangerter, Kathryn Ann Bohrer, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Jan Camenisch, Arthur M. Gilbert, Dogan Kesdogan, Matthew P. Leonard, Xuan Liu, Michael Robert McCullough, Adam Charles Nelson, Charles Campbell Palmer, Calvin Stacy Powers, Michael Schnyder, Edith Schonberg, Matthias Schunter, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Michael Waidner
  • Using an object model to improve handling of personally identifiable information
    Publication number: 20030004734
    Abstract: The present invention involves providing in a computer a first set of object classes representing active entities in an information-handling process, wherein a limited number of privacy-related actions represent operations performed on data, and providing in the computer a second set of object classes representing data and rules in the information-handling process, wherein at least one object class has rules associated with data. The invention also involves using the above-mentioned objects in constructing a model of an information-handling process, and providing output that identifies at least one way in which the information-handling process could be improved. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven B. Adler, Endre Felix Bangerter, Kathryn Ann Bohrer, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Jan Camenisch, Arthur M. Gilbert, Dogan Kesdogan, Matthew P. Leonard, Xuan Liu, Michael Robert McCullough, Adam Charles Nelson, Charles Campbell Palmer, Calvin Stacy Powers, Michael Schnyder, Edith Schonberg, Matthias Schunter, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Michael Waidner