Patents by Inventor Thomas Girard Lendacky

Thomas Girard Lendacky 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: 8799447
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing non-forgeable packet traces. Upon start-up of a sniffer, a first quote of Platform Configuration Register (PCR) values in a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) utilized by the sniffer is obtained, wherein the first quote comprises a list of starting values in the PCRs and is signed by the TPM and stored in a packet log. When a packet of interest is intercepted by the sniffer, the sniffer obtains a hash of the packet and instructs the TPM to extend a PCR with the hash value. The packet of interest is then stored in the packet log. When the sniffer is shutdown, a second quote of values in the PCRs is obtained, wherein the second quote comprises a list of current values in the PCRs, and wherein the second quote is signed by the TPM and stored in the packet log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Horacio Jones, Thomas Girard Lendacky, Emily Jane Ratliff
  • Patent number: 8302151
    Abstract: In a software environment wherein one or more subjects respectively seek to access one or more objects, and wherein a security policy having rules is associated with the environment, a method is provided for use in connection with an effort by a particular subject to access a particular object. The method comprises identifying a domain to which the particular subject belongs, and identifying a type that includes or characterizes the particular object. One or more rules of the security policy are then used to decide whether to permit the particular subject to access the particular object. The method further comprises providing one or more distinct audible sounds for a user associated with the particular subject, wherein each audible sound represents specified information pertaining to the decision of whether or not to permit access to the particular object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Horacio Jones, Thomas Girard Lendacky, Emily Jane Ratliff, George Conerly Wilson
  • Patent number: 7962749
    Abstract: A system for creating a non-reputable chat log. An initial quote is performed of a value of a register in response to a secure chat session being initiated. The value of the register is extended to record a message measurement within the register for the secure chat session in response to a message being measured. A final quote is performed of the value of the register in response to the secure chat session being terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Horacio Jones, Thomas Girard Lendacky, Emily Jane Ratliff
  • Publication number: 20090300708
    Abstract: In a software environment wherein one or more subjects respectively seek to access one or more objects, and wherein a security policy having rules is associated with the environment, a method is provided for use in connection with an effort by a particular subject to access a particular object. The method comprises identifying a domain to which the particular subject belongs, and identifying a type that includes or characterizes the particular object. One or more rules of the security policy are then used to decide whether or not to permit the particular subject to access the particular object. The method further comprises providing one or more distinct audible sounds for a user associated with the particular subject, wherein each audible sound represents specified information pertaining to the decision of whether or not to permit access to the particular object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Horacio Jones, Thomas Girard Lendacky, Emily Jane Ratliff, George Conerly Wilson
  • Publication number: 20080098107
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing non-forgeable packet traces. Upon start-up of a sniffer, a first quote of Platform Configuration Register (PCR) values in a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) utilized by the sniffer is obtained, wherein the first quote comprises a list of starting values in the PCRs and is signed by the TPM and stored in a packet log. When a packet of interest is intercepted by the sniffer, the sniffer obtains a hash of the packet and instructs the TPM to extend a PCR with the hash value. The packet of interest is then stored in the packet log. When the sniffer is shutdown, a second quote of values in the PCRs is obtained, wherein the second quote comprises a list of current values in the PCRs, and wherein the second quote is signed by the TPM and stored in the packet log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Horacio Jones, Thomas Girard Lendacky, Emily Jane Ratliff
  • Publication number: 20080086317
    Abstract: A system for creating a reputable chat log. An initial quote is performed of a value of a register in response to a secure chat session being initiated. The value of the register is extended to record a message measurement within the register for the secure chat session in response to a message being measured. A final quote is performed of the value of the register in response to the secure chat session being terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Horacio Jones, Thomas Girard Lendacky, Emily Jane Ratliff
  • Publication number: 20040039991
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed for dynamically generating code within a server computer system to process contents input into an input field in a form. The client computer system receives contents that are input into an input field that is included within the form. The input field has been defined using a descriptor variable. A definition of this descriptor variable is defined within the form. The form, including the definition of the descriptor variable, is transmitted from the client computer system to the server computer system. The server computer system then dynamically generates code to process the contents entered into the input field utilizing the definition of the descriptor variable that was included in the form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Marshall Hopkins, Thomas Girard Lendacky, David Raymond Posh, Kurt Russell Taylor