Patents by Inventor Tryg A. Ager

Tryg A. Ager 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).

  • Auditing of curation information
    Patent number: 8307001
    Abstract: An approach that tracks curation history of sensitive information is described. In one embodiment, there is a database that contains a plurality of sensitive information. The database comprises a plurality of base tables and backlog tables for each of the base tables. A curation audit query generator is configured to receive a curation audit expression that specifies sensitive information to be audited and generates a curation audit query from the curation audit expression to run against the database. The curation audit expression contains syntax clauses that specify a time period for the audit, stipulate a specific base table in the database as source of the audit and examine whom is responsible for making changes to the specified sensitive information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tryg A. Ager, Christopher M. Johnson, Gerald G. Kiernan
  • AUDITING OF CURATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20090055365
    Abstract: An approach that tracks curation history of sensitive information is described. In one embodiment, there is a database that contains a plurality of sensitive information. The database comprises a plurality of base tables and backlog tables for each of the base tables. A curation audit query generator is configured to receive a curation audit expression that specifies sensitive information to be audited and generates a curation audit query from the curation audit expression to run against the database. The curation audit expression contains syntax clauses that specify a time period for the audit, stipulate a specific base table in the database as source of the audit and examine whom is responsible for making changes to the specified sensitive information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Tryg A. Ager, Christopher M. Johnson, Gerald G. Kiernan