Patents by Inventor Shawn L. Young

Shawn L. Young 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).

  • Defense mechanism for server farm
    Patent number: 7549166
    Abstract: A method and system for handling a malicious intrusion to a machine in a networked group of computers. The malicious intrusion is an unauthorized access to the machine, such as a server in a server farm. When the intrusion is detected, the machine is isolated from the rest of the server farm, and the machine is reprovisioned as a decoy system having access to only data that is ersatz or at least non-sensitive. If the intrusion is determined to be non-malicious, then the machine is functionally reconnected to the server farm, and the machine is reprovisioned to a state held before the reprovisioning of the machine as a decoy machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Baffes, John Michael Garrison, Michael Gilfix, Allan Hsu, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Ronald S. Woan, John D. Wolpert, Shawn L. Young
  • Defense mechanism for server farm
    Publication number: 20040111636
    Abstract: A method and system for handling a malicious intrusion to a machine in a networked group of computers. The malicious intrusion is an unauthorized access to the machine, such as a server in a server farm. When the intrusion is detected, the machine is isolated from the rest of the server farm, and the machine is reprovisioned as a decoy system having access to only data that is ersatz or at least non-sensitive. If the intrusion is determined to be non-malicious, then the machine is functionally reconnected to the server farm, and the machine is reprovisioned to a state held before the reprovisioning of the machine as a decoy machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Paul T. Baffes, John Michael Garrison, Michael Gilfix, Allan Hsu, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Ronald S. Woan, John D. Wolpert, Shawn L. Young