Patents by Inventor Robert L. Hoch

Robert L. Hoch 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: 7904457
    Abstract: Improved techniques for flow analysis in messaging systems are disclosed. For example, a method for finding correlations between messages of a system based on content includes the following steps. For one or more executions of the system, obtaining the messages of the system, wherein each message has a schema associated therewith. The messages are categorized into groups, wherein each group has a common schema. Pairs of messages from disparate groups are found wherein, for the messages of a pair, there is a feature in common in their contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wim De Pauw, Robert L. Hoch, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 7478157
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method to enforce privacy preferences on exchanges of personal data of a data-subject. The method comprises the steps of: specifying data-subject authorization rule sets having subject constraints, receiving a request message from a requester and a requester privacy statement, comparing the requester privacy statement to the subject constraints, and releasing the data-subject data in a response message to the requester only if the subject constraints are satisfied. The requester privacy statement includes purpose, retention, recipient, and access information, wherein the purpose information specifies the purpose for which the requested data is acquired, the retention information specifies a retention policy for the requested data, the recipient information specifies the recipients of the requested data, and the access information specifies whether the requested data should be accessing to the data-subject after the data has been released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Bohrer, Catherine A. Chess, Robert L. Hoch, John Karat, Dogan Kesdogan, Xuan Liu, Edith G. Schonberg, Moninder Singh
  • Publication number: 20080301136
    Abstract: Improved techniques for flow analysis in messaging systems are disclosed. For example, a method for finding correlations between messages of a system based on content includes the following steps. For one or more executions of the system, obtaining the messages of the system, wherein each message has a schema associated therewith. The messages are categorized into groups, wherein each group has a common schema. Pairs of messages from disparate groups are found wherein, for the messages of a pair, there is a feature in common in their contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Wim De Pauw, Robert L. Hoch, Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20030088520
    Abstract: A system, method, and business method is used to enforce privacy preferences on exchanges of personal data over a computer network. There are one or more data-subject (subject) rule sets that have one or more subject constraints on one or more private, subject data releases. A receiving process receives a request message from a data-requester (requester) over a network interfaces. The request message has one or more requests for one or more of the private, subject data releases pertaining to a subject, and a requester privacy statement for each of the respective private data. A release process compares the requester privacy statement to the subject constraints (authorization rules) and releases the private, subject data release in a response message to the requester only if the subject constraints are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Bohrer, Catherine A. Chess, Robert L. Hoch, John Karat, Dogan Kesdogan, Xuan Liu, Edith G. Schonberg, Moninder Singh
  • Patent number: 4716808
    Abstract: Apparatus for sequencing the release of a missile from its launch apparatus, the unlocking of the missile's warhead fuze pre-launch safety lock, and the ignition of the missile's rocket motor. A cylindrical block having a radial passageway is situated between the warhead and the rocket motor of a missile. An actuator piston having a hollow cylindrical core slides within the passageway. One end of the actuator piston projects from the passageway and is engaged with the launch apparatus to prevent movement of the missile relative to the launch apparatus prior to launch. A source of pressurized gas communicates with the hollow core of the actuator piston through an opening in the actuator piston's projecting end. A notch in the side of the actuator piston is engaged with the warhead fuze pre-launch safety lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Hoch, James J. Kessler, Thomas J. Long