Patents by Inventor Andreas Luther

Andreas Luther 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).

  • Selective authorization based on authentication input attributes
    Patent number: 8621561
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing differentiated access based on authentication input attributes are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a method includes receiving an authentication input at an authentication authority using an authentication protocol. The authentication input being associated with a client. The method also includes providing one or more representations for the authentication input, wherein each of the representations represents an attribute of the authentication input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Cross, Mark F. Novak, Oded Ye Shekel, Paul J. Leach, Andreas Luther, Thomas C. Jones
  • Native use of web service protocols and claims in server authentication
    Patent number: 8528058
    Abstract: Architecture for natively authenticating a client application to a web server via HTTP authentication. The Web Services Architecture, and more specifically, Web Services Security, is leveraged to enable legacy applications to access web services transparently to the existing legacy applications. A security support provider (SSP) is created that employs WS-* protocol to at least emulate ws-trust and ws-mex thereby enabling policy exchange via an HTTP protocol stack. Policy can be exchanged via a WWW-Authenticate header enabling legacy applications to use the WS-* family of protocols without modifying the client application. The WS-* protocols are abstracted into a generic programming interface for native client application use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Gennady Medvinsky, Tanmoy Dutta, Cristian Ilac, Andreas Luther, John P Shewchuk
  • SELECTIVE AUTHORIZATION BASED ON AUTHENTICATION INPUT ATTRIBUTES
    Publication number: 20090178129
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing differentiated access based on authentication input attributes are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a method includes receiving an authentication input at an authentication authority using an authentication protocol. The authentication input being associated with a client. The method also includes providing one or more representations for the authentication input, wherein each of the representations represents an attribute of the authentication input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David B. Cross, Mark F. Novak, Oded Ye Shekel, Paul J. Leach, Andreas Luther, Thomas C. Jones
  • Native Use Of Web Service Protocols And Claims In Server Authentication
    Publication number: 20080301784
    Abstract: Architecture for natively authenticating a client application to a web server via HTTP authentication. The Web Services Architecture, and more specifically, Web Services Security, is leveraged to enable legacy applications to access web services transparently to the existing legacy applications. A security support provider (SSP) is created that employs WS-* protocol to at least emulate ws-trust and ws-mex thereby enabling policy exchange via an HTTP protocol stack. Policy can be exchanged via a WWW-Authenticate header enabling legacy applications to use the WS-* family of protocols without modifying the client application. The WS-* protocols are abstracted into a generic programming interface for native client application use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Gennady Medvinsky, Tanmoy Dutta, Cristian Ilac, Andreas Luther, John P. Shewchuk