Eric Lawrence Carpenter

US Patent:

8489894, Jul 16, 2013

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/116993

Inventors:

Stewart Comrie - The Woodlands TX, US
Eric Carpenter - Austin TX, US
Gary Epple - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Paymetric, Inc. - Roswell GA

International Classification:

G06F 21/72

US Classification:

713189, 713172

Abstract:

A reference token service (RTS) is disclosed. Generally, the RTS receives sensitive data items from trusted source applications associated with particular merchants. Upon receipt of a particular sensitive data item from a particular merchant, the RTS identifies one or more reference token pools corresponding to the merchant. Each reference token pool includes a plurality of reference tokens comprising formats and data structures corresponding to sensitive data items and compatible with the merchant. The RTS receives a crypto token associated with the sensitive data item which may not conform to the merchant's formatting or data requirements. The RTS associates the crypto token with a reference token corresponding to the merchant, which is provided to the merchant for sharing and retrieval of the sensitive data item amongst the merchant's various applications.

US Patent:

55443168, Aug 6, 1996

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/483783

Inventors:

Eric R. Carpenter - Round Rock TX
Christopher S. Claussen - Austin TX
James O. Cox - Austin TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15163

US Classification:

39520003

Abstract:

A method and system for providing communications services between multiple processes running in multiple computer systems is provided. A single system semantic can be used to access processes, whether such processes reside on a local or remote computer. A mechanism is provided to allow processes to register as part of a distributed context. Registration may be accomplished explicitly by any child process to name its parent in the hierarchy, or automatically by the parent process when spawning children. This mechanism allows the additional flexibility that destination nodes in the distributed environment may be selected at run time without requiring knowledge on the part of the executing process. This allows the ability to cause processes to be distributed based on machine type, facilities available on a specific node or load balancing considerations. This registration mechanism is expandable to allow general purpose server implementations in a distributed environment, thus providing to the user system transparent facilities for control in a distributed environment.

US Patent:

54210046, May 30, 1995

Filed:

Sep 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/950841

Inventors:

Eric R. Carpenter - Round Rock TX
Christopher S. Claussen - Austin TX
James O. Cox - Austin TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1100

US Classification:

395575

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method and system for providing a complex testing framework/scaffold. Also included are testing tools that automate and simplify the testing process. The disclosed design handles networking and task concurrency. The testing scaffold is aimed at being a flexible test case driver that can be used to execute functional verification tests on a single host or large networked system level integration tests involving dozens of hosts. The testing scaffold is designed to meet the requirements of large scale testing environments. The ability to execute these environments similarly allows manipulation of smaller scale environments.