Patents by Inventor Shiva Persaud-Deolall

Shiva Persaud-Deolall 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: 7996893
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing an automated task in a role-based access control environment. A set of roles is assigned to a user to form assigned roles, wherein the role-based access control environment allows the user to assume a subset of the assigned roles at a given time. Responsive to receiving a request to execute an automated task, an identity of the user creating the automated task is identified. Responsive to determining that the user creating the automated task is not logged in, a set of session roles are identified based on the identity of the user. A session is created for the automated task. The automated task is performed in the session using the set of session roles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shiva Persaud-Deolall, Xinya Wang
  • Publication number: 20080307505
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing an automated task in a role-based access control environment. A set of roles is assigned to a user to form assigned roles, wherein the role-based access control environment allows the user to assume a subset of the assigned roles at a given time. Responsive to receiving a request to execute an automated task, an identity of the user creating the automated task is identified. Responsive to determining that the user creating the automated task is not logged in, a set of session roles are identified based on the identity of the user. A session is created for the automated task. The automated task is performed in the session using the set of session roles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Shiva Persaud-Deolall, Xinya Wang
  • Publication number: 20070028161
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are provided for displaying text in variable width display fields. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of lines of text for display in variable width display fields produced by a computer program; receiving field display parameters; calculating, for each line of text, the width of a plurality of display fields in dependence upon the field display parameters and the received text; determining, for each line of text, display text for display in the display fields in dependence upon the field display parameters and the received text; and visually presenting the display text in the display fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Julianne Haugh, Shiva Persaud-Deolall