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(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:
Wetzer et a]. (54)
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR
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PROVIDING AND MONITORING SECURE INFORMATION VIA MULTIPLE AUTHORIZED CHANNELS AND
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4/1998 Kung ct al.
5,960,411 A *
9/1999 Hartman et al. ......... .. 705/2681
(75) Inventors: Michael Wetzer, Fayetteville, NY (US);
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ABSTRACT
Display of and access to secure user-centric information via
commuanon-m-pan Of apphcanon NO' 12/465’331’ ?led on May 13’ 2009’ HOW Pat NO' 8’499’250'
the construct of a channel grid framework serving as a desk top on a user device. Multiple authorized channels through
(60) provisional application No_ 61/474,942’ ?led on APL
vvhich the user receives and/or interacts _With respective por
13, 2011, provisional application No. 61/435,976,
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cated user devices and/or other devices. Information relating
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work?ows, d1screte mformatlon values or s1gnal data may be
logical work?ows, discrete information values or signal data, G06F 3/0482
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relating to the channel information. Actionable and/or non
to determmatlon of~one or more events, condltlons, log1cal
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transmitted to various devices and/or stored for archival pur
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Method 700
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centric information V
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Store trigger information relating to the determined 718 events, conditions, logical workflows, discrete -/ information values or signal data V
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Client GUI 300
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(12) United States Patent
(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:
Wetzer et a]. (54)
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR
(56)
PROVIDING AND MONITORING SECURE INFORMATION VIA MULTIPLE AUTHORIZED CHANNELS AND
References Cited
5,742,286 A
4/1998 Kung ct al.
5,960,411 A *
9/1999 Hartman et al. ......... .. 705/2681
(75) Inventors: Michael Wetzer, Fayetteville, NY (US);
(Continued)
Th Th'ltBld~ 'llNY (Ugnas em“ ’ a Wlnsw e’
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP
(73) Assignee: Cyandia, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US)
4/1994
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
(continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS
App1_ NO; 13/086,165
(22)
. F11ed:
Extended European Search Report for EPApplication No. 09747470.
4, dated Oct. 12, 2011, 6 pages.
(C ont'“wed)
Apr. 13, 2011
65
P _
)
P bl_
nor
u
_
D
lcatlon
US 2011/0252132 A1
Primary Examiner * William Bashore
ata
Assistant Examiner * Reza Nabi
Oct. 13, 2011
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * John D. Lanza; Foley & Lardner LLP
Related US. Application Data -
4/2011
06_062142
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
(21)
(63)
2 304 584
JP
U.S.C. 154(b) by 519 days.
(
Jun. 10, 2014
U~S~ PATENT DOCUMENTS
GENERATING ALERTS RELATING TO SAME
( * ) Notice:
US 8,751,948 B2
-
-
-
(57)
-
ABSTRACT
Display of and access to secure user-centric information via
commuanon-m-pan Of apphcanon NO' 12/465’331’ ?led on May 13’ 2009’ HOW Pat NO' 8’499’250'
the construct of a channel grid framework serving as a desk top on a user device. Multiple authorized channels through
(60) provisional application No_ 61/474,942’ ?led on APL
vvhich the user receives and/or interacts _With respective por
13, 2011, provisional application No. 61/435,976,
?led on Jan 25 2011 '
’
’ p
rovisional a
pp
lication NO
Eonsdofthesecurepser'cemng meHHg/non are Implement? ase on In ormation access nghts an or secunty protoco s
'
respect1vely assoc1ated W1th the channels. Channel Informa
61/052,765: ?led on May 13, 2008
tion is monitored to determine one or more events, conditions,
(51)
IIlt- Cl-
based on one or more threshold conditions or parameters
(52)
us CL
actionable alerts may be generated on one or more authenti
USPC _________ __ 715/769. 715/810. 715/835. 715/757,
cated user devices and/or other devices. Information relating
715/864; 726/4; 455/4142; 725/30; 725/46 _ _
work?ows, d1screte mformatlon values or s1gnal data may be
logical work?ows, discrete information values or signal data, G06F 3/0482
_
(58)
(2013.01)
relating to the channel information. Actionable and/or non
to determmatlon of~one or more events, condltlons, log1cal
Fleld 0f ClaSSI?catlon searCh
transmitted to various devices and/or stored for archival pur
CPC ........................... .. G06F 3/0482; G06F 3/0481
poses_
USPC
........................................................ .. 715/769
See application ?le for complete search history.
36 Claims, 26 Drawing Sheets Client architecture 500
User deviees m
Data Con?guration Cnanriei Chant sewioeslq sewicem servicem “WISE PID application
Client bus @
I
'
(Client side)
0 Facilitation server as
Client
Inter-client
gateway m
messaging /
Proxy
synchronization
services @
400
/
[Server side)
423 I
sewe’ @
sewer m
Facilitation
Content delivery
g
layer m
server E
i
and
process server 446
I
mi Data man subsy
448
merit rn @
Eventing and alerting Con?guration subsystem A52 Evem Mn ,
Notification Mnr
|
Administration
sewer Ax
subsystem 4_5_e
Session
Identity
Integration and process
manager? subsystem @
Enterprise service nus M
'tttsmts
layer m
|
Integrated sen/ices and
applications layer m
US 8,751,948 B2 Page 2 (56)
References Cited
2007/0124663 A1
5/2007 Fischer et al.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
2007/0130541 A1 2007/0162850 A1
6/2007 Louch etal. 7/2007 Adler et al.
2007/0186103 A1*
8/2007
6,189,008 B1 6,219,045 B1 6,259,448 B1
2/2001 Easty etal. 4/2001 Leahy etal. 7/2001 McNally etal.
2007/0189737 A1 2007/0192823 A1 2007/0223462 A1
8/2007 Chaudhrietal. 8/2007 Andersen etal. 9/2007 Hite etal.
6,396,513 B1* 6,421,009 B2*
5/2002 Helfman etal, ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 715/752 7/2002 Suprunov .................... .. 342/465
2007/0266400 A1 Zoos/0005798 A1
6,658,432 B1
12/2003 Warikoo etal~
Randle etal. ............... .. 713/168
11/2007 Rogers et al. 1/2008 ROSS
2008/0028338 A1
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Information delivery system 100 {- Users 116
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Channel 200
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Method 700
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Store trigger information relating to the determined 718 events, conditions, logical workflows, discrete -/ information values or signal data V
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Client GUI 300
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