Patents by Inventor Shiu Fun Poon

Shiu Fun Poon 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).

  • Common secure cloud appliance image and deployment
    Patent number: 9626166
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for a common secure cloud appliance image and deployment. In some embodiments, a request for a target node may be received. The appliance image may be obtained in response to receiving the request, wherein the appliance image is a common image that is deployed on different platform types in a cloud management system. The target node may be generated using the appliance image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neal J. Alewine, Charles W. Cross, Jr., Shiu-Fun Poon, Lubos Ures
  • Method, system, and computer program product for limiting authorization of an executable action to an application session
    Patent number: 7730525
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for limiting authorization of an executable action to an application session. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises: generating an alert in response to an execution of an action in an application; and allowing a user to temporarily authorize the execution of the action for a current session of the application. The authorization for the execution of the action is removed when the current session of the application ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Shiu Fun Poon