Patents by Inventor Peter T. Smith

Peter T. Smith 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: 8880893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a policy specification framework to enable an enterprise to specify a given insider attack using a holistic view of a given data access, as well as the means to specify and implement one or more intrusion mitigation methods in response to the detection of such an attack. The policy specification provides for the use of “anomaly” and “signature” attributes that capture sophisticated behavioral characteristics of illegitimate data access. When the attack occurs, a previously-defined administrator (or system-defined) mitigation response (e.g., verification, disconnect, de-provision, or the like) is then implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: IBM International Group B.V.
    Inventors: Pratyush Moghe, Narain Gehani, Peter T. Smith
  • Patent number: 7673147
    Abstract: The present invention provides a policy specification framework to enable an enterprise to specify a given insider attack using a holistic view of a given data access, as well as the means to specify and implement one or more intrusion mitigation methods in response to the detection of such an attack. The policy specification provides for the use of “anomaly” and “signature” attributes that capture sophisticated behavioral characteristics of illegitimate data access. When the attack occurs, a previously-defined administrator (or system-defined) mitigation response (e.g., verification, disconnect, de-provision, network re-routing, or the like) is then implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tizor Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Pratyush Moghe, Peter T. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030151265
    Abstract: A tool for gripping the rim of flowerpots, or objects having similar shapes, includes a gripping plate which can swivel 90° from a stowable position to a locked position for use when objects are to be picked up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Peter T. Smith
  • Patent number: 5388878
    Abstract: A horizontal forwardly-extending handle is connected to a downwardly arched upright elongated lever rigidly attached to a center point of a horizontal support for a plurality of parallel spaced-apart tines, the horizontal support extending in from the center point in opposite lateral directions for an extended length, having rigidly mounted along the extended length the plurality of parallel spaced-apart tines all extending also forwardly substantially horizontally, the downwardly arched upright lever arching substantially rearwardly, and an intermittently mountable removable tines-ends protective encasing shield structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Inventor: Peter T. Smith
  • Patent number: 5077910
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a carpenter's square with upright and laterally extending flat-bottomed straight edge members having a tape measure and its alternately extendable and retractable tape thereof having a bottom flat face, with the tape measure positioned and mounted on the upright and lateral extending members with its bottom flat face extending in the same plane or parallel to the plane as the flat bottoms of both the upright and laterally extending flat-bottomed members, with a window formed in a channeling structure through which any of the indicia on the tape may be viewed and aligned with a marker associated with the window which marker when aligned with an indicia indicates linear distance between the tapes extended end and the straight edge of the upright extending flat-bottomed straight edge member, there being a downwardly-extending flange extending from and mounted on the straight edge of the laterally extending straight edge member, and there being a leveling structure and mechanism thereon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Inventor: Peter T. Smith
  • Patent number: 4862316
    Abstract: A housing for the magnetic induction coils of the search loop assembly of a metal detector is constructed of plastic resin reinforced with non-metallic electrically conductive graphite fibers, and is connected to ground potential of the main electronics package of the metal detector so that the housing acts as a static-draining shield for the search loop assembly. The mixture of graphite fibers and plastic conducts electricity well enough to prevent accumulation of static electricity charges and makes the housing stronger and more abrasion resistant than similar housings of non-reinforced plastic. The housing may be molded as two halves to include a central aperture, to allow the user of the metal detector to see the precise location on the ground at which to dig for detected targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: White's Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter T. Smith, Mark W. Rohde, Donald K. Shoemaker