Patents by Inventor Steven Black

Steven Black 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: 7278160
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting data about security-related events that puts the data into a concise form is disclosed. Events are abstracted into a set data-type. Sets with common elements are grouped together, and summaries of the groups—“situations”—are presented to a user or administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Black, Herve Debar, John Michael Garrison
  • Publication number: 20070204343
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting data about security-related events that puts the data into a concise form is disclosed. Events are abstracted into a set data-type. Sets with common elements are grouped together, and summaries of the groups—“situations”—are presented to a user or administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Black, Herve Debar, John Garrison
  • Patent number: 7039953
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting data about security-related events that puts the data into a concise form is disclosed. Events are abstracted into a set data-type. Sets with common elements are grouped together, and summaries of the groups—“situations” are established from groups whose severity exceeds a threshold value. These groups and situations are then propagated up a hierarchical arrangement of systems and further aggregated so as to provide summary information over a larger group of systems. This hierarchical scheme allows for scalability of the event correlation process across larger networks of systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Black, Herve Debar, John Michael Garrison, Andreas Wespi
  • Publication number: 20050257408
    Abstract: An index tab adapter, suitable for retrofitting an existing file folder for use with a particular index tab style. The adapter has adhesive portions, located on either side of a non-adhesive portion. The non-adhesive portion is slotted and is spaced apart from the file folder. The slots are shaped to engage a particular style of index tab, so that when a given index tab is inserted into the slots in the adapter, the given index tab becomes attached to the file folder, and the file folder may be identified by the given index tab as if it were originally configured to accept the style of the given index tab. Put another way, an index tab removably engages slots in the adapter, rather than slots in the file folder itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Smead Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Steven Black
  • Publication number: 20040123304
    Abstract: An event handler is provided that associates events from heterogeneous data sources. In a first phase, incoming events are translated to vectors of event attributes. Based on the data source, implicit information about the event and its attributes may be available. This information is used to normalize the information provided by the event. Normalization actions may include renaming the attributes, deriving new attributes from given attributes, and transforming attribute value ranges. In a second phase, a determination is made as to whether two or more events are considered to be associated based on the vectors. Different vectors of core attributes may be created in order to create associations with different semantics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Black, Herve Debar, John Michael Garrison, Andreas Wespi
  • Publication number: 20030046582
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting data about security-related events that puts the data into a concise form is disclosed. Events are abstracted into a set data-type. Sets with common elements are grouped together, and summaries of the groups—“situations” are established from groups whose severity exceeds a threshold value. These groups and situations are then propagated up a hierarchical arrangement of systems and further aggregated so as to provide summary information over a larger group of systems. This hierarchical scheme allows for scalability of the event correlation process across larger networks of systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Black, Herve Debar, John Michael Garrison, Andreas Wespi
  • Publication number: 20030041264
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting data about security-related events that puts the data into a concise form is disclosed. Events are abstracted into a set data-type. Sets with common elements are grouped together, and summaries of the groups—“situations”—are presented to a user or administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Black, Herve Debar, John Michael Garrison
  • Patent number: 4256154
    Abstract: There is shown and described a bottle having an integral, retractable funnel at the top or opening thereof. The retractable funnel is disposed within the bottle in normal operation but is extended from the bottle opening during a refill operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Inventor: Steven Black