Patents by Inventor Steven G. Dittmar

Steven G. Dittmar 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).

  • Management of resources in a host system
    Patent number: 8356054
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for managing access to system resources includes receiving a request from a user for write-access to a resource in a host system, the host system including write-access permissions to the resource for one or more selected users. The method also includes accessing the resource in the host system, presenting the resource to the user to allow the user to make changes to the resource, determining whether the user has write-access permission to the resource, and determining whether the resource is a temporarily writable resource. The method further includes, responsive to the resource being temporarily writable and the user not having write-access permission, discarding changes to the resource made by the user and returning the resource without the changes to the host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Cupka, Steven G. Dittmar
  • MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES IN A HOST SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110113065
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for managing access to system resources includes receiving a request from a user for write-access to a resource in a host system, the host system including write-access permissions to the resource for one or more selected users. The method also includes accessing the resource in the host system, presenting the resource to the user to allow the user to make changes to the resource, determining whether the user has write-access permission to the resource, and determining whether the resource is a temporarily writable resource. The method further includes, responsive to the resource being temporarily writable and the user not having write-access permission, discarding changes to the resource made by the user and returning the resource without the changes to the host system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick J. Cupka, Steven G. Dittmar