Patents by Inventor Ann Mizell Robinson

Ann Mizell Robinson 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).

  • System and method for suspending and resuming digital certificates in a certificate-based user authentication application system
    Patent number: 6775782
    Abstract: A method and system for certificating and authenticating an identity of a customer of a financial institution using digital certificates is provided. The customer and the financial institution communicate via a communications medium. The financial institution receives a digital registration request from the customer and verifies the identity of the customer by reconciling identification data in the digital registration request with identification data in a customer data structure at the financial institution. Responsive to verifying the identity of the customer, the financial institution generates a digital certificate and sends the digital certificate to the customer. When the customer desires access to an on-line application at the financial institution, the customer sends the previously issued digital certificate to the financial institution via the communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Lynn Buros, Bryan Douglas Dobbs, Ann Mizell Robinson, Robert James Knaus