Patents by Inventor Roger D. Zimmermann

Roger D. Zimmermann 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).

  • Enablement of performance of a transaction
    Patent number: 11379825
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling performance of a transaction. A first representation of a transaction policy, which depicts transaction policy options for fulfilling the transaction policy is displayed by a client computer. After a user selects a first transaction policy option, the client computer displays a second representation of the transaction policy, depicting at least one mechanism pertaining to the first transaction policy option for satisfying the requirements of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects a first mechanism, the client computer displays evidence options for each requirement of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects an evidence option for each requirement of the first transaction policy option, the client computer sends to a server transaction enablement information that includes evidence dictated by the selected evidence options to enable the server to perform the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Abhi A. Shelat, Dieter M. Sommer, Roger D. Zimmermann
  • ENABLEMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF A TRANSACTION
    Publication number: 20190188690
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling performance of a transaction. A first representation of a transaction policy, which depicts transaction policy options for fulfilling the transaction policy is displayed by a client computer. After a user selects a first transaction policy option, the client computer displays a second representation of the transaction policy, depicting at least one mechanism pertaining to the first transaction policy option for satisfying the requirements of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects a first mechanism, the client computer displays evidence options for each requirement of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects an evidence option for each requirement of the first transaction policy option, the client computer sends to a server transaction enablement information that includes evidence dictated by the selected evidence options to enable the server to perform the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Abhi A. Shelat, Dieter M. Sommer, Roger D. Zimmermann
  • Enablement of performance of a transaction
    Patent number: 10296900
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling performance of a transaction. A client computer displays a first representation of a transaction policy depicting transaction policy options for fulfilling the transaction policy. After a user selects a first transaction policy option, the client computer displays a second representation of the transaction policy, depicting at least one mechanism pertaining to the first transaction policy option for satisfying the requirements of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects a first mechanism, the client computer displays evidence options for each requirement of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects an evidence option for each requirement of the first transaction policy option, the client computer sends to a server transaction enablement information that includes evidence dictated by the selected evidence options to enable the server to perform the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Abhi A. Shelat, Dieter M. Sommer, Roger D. Zimmermann
  • ENABLEMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF A TRANSACTION
    Publication number: 20140337754
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling performance of a transaction. A client computer displays a first representation of a transaction policy depicting transaction policy options for fulfilling the transaction policy. After a user selects a first transaction policy option, the client computer displays a second representation of the transaction policy, depicting at least one mechanism pertaining to the first transaction policy option for satisfying the requirements of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects a first mechanism, the client computer displays evidence options for each requirement of the first transaction policy option. After the user selects an evidence option for each requirement of the first transaction policy option, the client computer sends to a server transaction enablement information that includes evidence dictated by the selected evidence options to enable the server to perform the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Abhi A. Shelat, Dieter M. Sommer, Roger D. Zimmermann