Patents by Inventor Walter Drew

Walter Drew 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: 7890998
    Abstract: A system, method, and program product is provided that provides authentication on a per-role basis in a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) environment. When a user attempts to acquire a role, the improved RBAC system determines whether (a) no authentication is required (e.g., for a non-sensitive role such as accessing a company's product catalog), (b) a user-based authentication (e.g., password) is required, or (c) a role-based authentication (e.g., role-specific password is required).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yantian Tom Lu, Thomas Walters Drew
  • Publication number: 20090007249
    Abstract: A system, method, and program product is provided that provides authentication on a per-role basis in a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) environment. When a user attempts to acquire a role, the improved RBAC system determines whether (a) no authentication is required (e.g., for a non-sensitive role such as accessing a company's product catalog), (b) a user-based authentication (e.g., password) is required, or (c) a role-based authentication (e.g., role-specific password is required).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yantian Tom Lu, Thomas Walters Drew
  • Patent number: 4978222
    Abstract: Periodic motions are analyzed by generation of real time moire fringe images. A line grating mounted on the object (1) surface is photographed using a rigidly supported camera (4) from an oblique angle to the plane of the grating. A negative transparency of the line grating is placed within the camera (4) supported by a glass plate and, with the shutter open, the transparency is first registered with the instant image of the stationary line grating then skewed to produce mismatch fringes. A TV camera (6) monitors the subsequent interaction between the skewed negative and the instant image of the line grating on the moving object (1) as seen on the glass plate at the camera image plane and this interaction is displayed on a TV monitor (10). The image is characterized by the presence of a secondary fringe phenomena indicative of object displacements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Walter Drew, Clive R. Pyne
  • Patent number: 4915032
    Abstract: A door hanger assembly for a rapid transit railway passenger car includes an axially elongated generally cylindrical support shaft, and a door carrier assembly which includes a pair of bearing modules received and supported within opposite ends of a tubular sheath for rolling engagement with the support shaft and a door hanger depending from the sheath. Mounting members connected to opposite ends of the support shaft carry threaded fasteners for securing the hanger assemby to the frame of an associated rail car. Annular wipers and lubricant retainers carried by the bearing modules wipe and lubricate the support shaft as an associated sliding door carried by the hanger assembly moves between its open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Inventor: Walter Drews