Patents by Inventor Richard P. Tate

Richard P. Tate 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).

  • SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090049171
    Abstract: Controlling access to information in a distributed data processing system. The distributed data processing system has a server, which stores the information and also further comprises a logging tool for creating a log file. The distributed data processing system also has a client computer comprising an application program for controlling a software agent. When the software agent requests information from the server, a process to identify the software agent is invoked. In response to the identification, all the requests from the identified software agent are stored in the log file and this data in the log file is analyzed. The data is also utilized in the process of monitoring the behavior of the identified software agent. In response to the monitoring process, at least one of a plurality of pre-defined rules is invoked, in order to control the behavior of the identified software agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremy P.J. Hughes, Richard P. Tate
  • Method, system and computer program for controlling access in a distributed data processing system
    Patent number: 7454779
    Abstract: Controlling access to information in a distributed data processing system. The distributed data processing system has a server, which stores the information and also further comprises a logging tool for creating a log file. The distributed data processing system also has a client computer comprising an application program for controlling a software agent. When the software agent requests information from the server, a process to identify the software agent is invoked. In response to the identification, all the requests from the identified software agent are stored in the log file and this data in the log file is analyzed. The data is also utilized in the process of monitoring the behavior of the identified software agent. In response to the monitoring process, at least one of a plurality of pre-defined rules is invoked, in order to control the behavior of the identified software agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy P. J. Hughes, Richard P. Tate
  • Method, system and computer program for controlling access in a distributed data processing system
    Publication number: 20030018779
    Abstract: Controlling access to information in a distributed data processing system. The distributed data processing system has a server, which stores the information and also further comprises a logging tool for creating a log file. The distributed data processing system also has a client computer comprising an application program for controlling a software agent. When the software agent requests information from the server, a process to identify the software agent is invoked. In response to the identification, all the requests from the identified software agent are stored in the log file and this data in the log file is analyzed. The data is also utilized in the process of monitoring the behavior of the identified software agent. In response to the monitoring process, at least one of a plurality of pre-defined rules is invoked, in order to control the behavior of the identified software agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy P.J. Hughes, Richard P. Tate