Patents by Inventor Steven Duane Clay

Steven Duane Clay 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: 8955153
    Abstract: An approach is provided to provide privacy control in a social network. In the approach, a first post is posted from a first user to a second user in the social network with the first post including private data belonging to the first user. Subsequent postings are monitored for the first user's private data. When the monitoring detects a second post of the first user's private data with the second post being from the second user to a third user in the social network, privacy controls are performed. The privacy controls mask the first user's private data from the third user so that the first user's private data inaccessible (not visible) to the third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Faheem Altaf, Steven Duane Clay, Eduardo N. Spring, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20140007249
    Abstract: An approach is provided to provide privacy control in a social network. In the approach, a first post is posted from a first user to a second user in the social network with the first post including private data belonging to the first user. Subsequent postings are monitored for the first user's private data. When the monitoring detects a second post of the first user's private data with the second post being from the second user to a third user in the social network, privacy controls are performed. The privacy controls mask the first user's private data from the third user so that the first user's private data inaccessible (not visible) to the third user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Faheem Altaf, Steven Duane Clay, Eduardo N. Spring, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20140007255
    Abstract: An approach is provided to provide privacy control in a social network. In the approach, a first post is posted from a first user to a second user in the social network with the first post including private data belonging to the first user. Subsequent postings are monitored for the first user's private data. When the monitoring detects a second post of the first user's private data with the second post being from the second user to a third user in the social network, privacy controls are performed. The privacy controls mask the first user's private data from the third user so that the first user's private data inaccessible (not visible) to the third user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Faheem Altaf, Steven Duane Clay, Eduardo N. Spring, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 7904737
    Abstract: An approach is provided that handles a power down signal received by a device. Other types of signals, such as suspend or save and sleep, may also be handled. A device, such as a parent device, sends a power down signal to another device, such as a child device. The power down signal is received by the child device and acted upon, based on the activities currently being executed by the child device. Each activity currently being executed by the child device is handled according to its corresponding setting in an activity list. For example, if the child device is currently executing a preferred activity, the power down signal is ignored. A user of the child device may also send an explanation (or explanations) to the parent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Duane Clay, Yvonne Patrice Stoetzel, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 7533279
    Abstract: A method is presented that handles a power down signal received by a device. Other types of signals, such as suspend or save and sleep, may also be handled. A device, such as a parent device, sends a power down signal to another device, such as a child device. The power down signal is received by the child device and acted upon, based on the activities currently being executed by the child device. Each activity currently being executed by the child device is handled according to its corresponding setting in an activity list. For example, if the child device is currently executing a preferred activity, the power down signal is ignored. A user of the child device may also send an explanation (or explanations) to the parent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Duane Clay, Yvonne Patrice Stoetzel, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20080229129
    Abstract: An approach is provided that handles a power down signal received by a device. Other types of signals, such as suspend or save and sleep, may also be handled. A device, such as a parent device, sends a power down signal to another device, such as a child device. The power down signal is received by the child device and acted upon, based on the activities currently being executed by the child device. Each activity currently being executed by the child device is handled according to its corresponding setting in an activity list. For example, if the child device is currently executing a preferred activity, the power down signal is ignored. A user of the child device may also send an explanation (or explanations) to the parent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Duane Clay, Yvonne Patrice Stoetzel, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20070294553
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product handle a power down signal received by a device. Other types of signals, such as suspend or save and sleep, may also be handled. A device, such as a parent device, sends a power down signal to another device, such as a child device. The power down signal is received by the child device and acted upon, based on the activities currently being executed by the child device. Each activity currently being executed by the child device is handled according to its corresponding setting in an activity list. For example, if the child device is currently executing a preferred activity, the power down signal is ignored. A user of the child device may also send an explanation (or explanations) to the parent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Duane Clay, Yvonne Patrice Stoetzel, Shunguo Yan