Patents by Inventor Sam Shixiong Yang

Sam Shixiong Yang 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS VIA CONFIGURATION ITEM CHANGE ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20140165036
    Abstract: A method comprises retrieving a change history for each of one or more configuration items for a specified time period, retrieving requests for change identifiers utilized for each of the configuration items in the specified time period, generating an audit report for the configuration items in accordance with the retrieved change history and the retrieve request for change identifiers, determining if each attribute value change in the change history of each of the configuration items is authorized, and recording a marker in the change history through which a given configuration item has authorized changes. Determining if each value change is authorized comprises comparing changes in the retrieved change history to the retrieved request for change identifiers for each of the configuration items to distinguish value changes that occurred without a request for change from value changes that occurred with a request for change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn C. Aikens, Melissa Jane Buco, Maheswaran Surendra, Christopher Ward, Steve Weinberger, Sam Shixiong Yang
  • Methods and apparatus for authentication of configuration items via configuration item change analysis
    Patent number: 8631389
    Abstract: Techniques for authenticating one or more configuration items in an information repository are provided comprising the step of running an audit on the one or more configuration items in accordance with a change history of each of the one or more configuration items and one or more request for change identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn C. Aikens, Melissa Jane Buco, Maheswaran Surendra, Christopher Ward, Steve Weinberger, Sam Shixiong Yang
  • Methods and apparatus for management of configuration item lifecycle state transitions
    Patent number: 7913227
    Abstract: Techniques for managing a plurality of configuration items in an information repository are provided. Lifecycle state transitions of the plurality of configuration items are regulated in accordance with one or more lifecycle state transition diagrams and, when a life cycle state transition involves a protected life cycle state, one or more request for change identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn C. Aikens, Melissa Jane Buco, Maheswaran Surendra, Christopher Ward, Steve Weinberger, Sam Shixiong Yang
  • Methods and Apparatus for Authentication of Configuration Items Via Configuration Item Change Analysis
    Publication number: 20080209398
    Abstract: Techniques for authenticating one or more configuration items in an information repository are provided comprising the step of running an audit on the one or more configuration items in accordance with a change history of each of the one or more configuration items and one or more request for change identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn C. Aikens, Melissa Jane Buco, Maheswaran Surendra, Christopher Ward, Steve Weinberger, Sam Shixiong Yang
  • Methods and Apparatus for Management of Configuration Item Lifecycle State Transitions
    Publication number: 20080208792
    Abstract: Techniques for managing a plurality of configuration items in an information repository are provided. Lifecycle state transitions of the plurality of configuration items are regulated in accordance with one or more lifecycle state transition diagrams and, when a life cycle state transition involves a protected life cycle state, one or more request for change identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn C. Aikens, Melissa Jane Buco, Maheswaran Surendra, Christopher Ward, Steve Weinberger, Sam Shixiong Yang