Patents by Inventor Nigel Bell

Nigel Bell 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: 12111912
    Abstract: A computer implemented method to identify a malicious database request including receiving a database query for retrieving data from a database; classifying the received query based on query instructions contained in the query to identify a class of query for the query, the class of query having associated attributes defining expected characteristics of queries of the class when executed by the database; monitoring characteristics of the received query executed to retrieve data from the database; and responsive to a determination that the monitored characteristics deviate from the expected characteristics, identifying the query as malicious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Paul Fagan, Nigel Bell
  • Publication number: 20220278899
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a history walker interface to a time-based data structure are disclosed. A time-based data structure may contain information about updates to a set of records that change periodically over time. For example, a set of records that record state transitions of a task item as the task item progresses through its life cycle. An example task item may be represented by a change request or incident report in a help desk software application. The task item begins with an “open” state and may transition through any number of states (e.g., assigned, on-hold, test, customer response requested, etc.) on its way to ultimately being “closed” as completed. A history walker interface may assist application developers when creating applications to indicate how the task item transitioned through its different states throughout its lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel Bell, Cameron Richard, Jason Occhialini
  • Patent number: 11336523
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a history walker interface to a time-based data structure are disclosed. A time-based data structure may contain information about updates to a set of records that change periodically over time. For example, a set of records that record state transitions of a task item as the task item progresses through its life cycle. An example task item may be represented by a change request or incident report in a help desk software application. The task item begins with an “open” state and may transition through any number of states (e.g., assigned, on-hold, test, customer response requested, etc.) on its way to ultimately being “closed” as completed. A history walker interface may assist application developers when creating applications to indicate how the task item transitioned through its different states throughout its lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Bell, Cameron Richard, Jason Occhialini
  • Publication number: 20200409911
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a history walker interface to a time-based data structure are disclosed. A time-based data structure may contain information about updates to a set of records that change periodically over time. For example, a set of records that record state transitions of a task item as the task item progresses through its life cycle. An example task item may be represented by a change request or incident report in a help desk software application. The task item begins with an “open” state and may transition through any number of states (e.g., assigned, on-hold, test, customer response requested, etc.) on its way to ultimately being “closed” as completed. A history walker interface may assist application developers when creating applications to indicate how the task item transitioned through its different states throughout its lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel Bell, Cameron Richard, Jason Occhialini
  • Publication number: 20200302078
    Abstract: A computer implemented method to identify a malicious database request including receiving a database query for retrieving data from a database; classifying the received query based on query instructions contained in the query to identify a class of query for the query, the class of query having associated attributes defining expected characteristics of queries of the class when executed by the database; monitoring characteristics of the received query executed to retrieve data from the database; and responsive to a determination that the monitored characteristics deviate from the expected characteristics, identifying the query as malicious.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Paul FAGAN, Nigel BELL
  • Patent number: 10719485
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a history walker interface to a time-based data structure are disclosed. A time-based data structure may contain information about updates to a set of records that change periodically over time. For example, a set of records that record state transitions of a task item as the task item progresses through its life cycle. An example task item may be represented by a change request or incident report in a help desk software application. The task item begins with an “open” state and may transition through any number of states (e.g., assigned, on-hold, test, customer response requested, etc.) on its way to ultimately being “closed” as completed. A history walker interface may assist application developers when creating applications to indicate how the task item transitioned through its different states throughout its lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Bell, Cameron Richard, Jason Occhialini
  • Publication number: 20190102386
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a history walker interface to a time-based data structure are disclosed. A time-based data structure may contain information about updates to a set of records that change periodically over time. For example, a set of records that record state transitions of a task item as the task item progresses through its life cycle. An example task item may be represented by a change request or incident report in a help desk software application. The task item begins with an “open” state and may transition through any number of states (e.g., assigned, on-hold, test, customer response requested, etc.) on its way to ultimately being “closed” as completed. A history walker interface may assist application developers when creating applications to indicate how the task item transitioned through its different states throughout its lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Nigel Bell, Cameron Richard, Jason Occhialini