Patents by Inventor Christopher N. Peterson

Christopher N. Peterson 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: 8776199
    Abstract: Protecting a user against web spoofing in which the user confirms the authenticity of a web page prior to submitting sensitive information such as user credentials (e.g., a login name and password) via the web page. The web page provides the user with an identifiable piece of information representing a shared secret between the user and the server. The user confirms the correctness of the shared secret to ensure the legitimacy of the web page prior to disclosing any sensitive information via the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ismail Cem Paya, Trevin Chow, Christopher N. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20100115594
    Abstract: Protecting a user against web spoofing in which the user confirms the authenticity of a web page prior to submitting sensitive information such as user credentials (e.g., a login name and password) via the web page. The web page provides the user with an identifiable piece of information representing a shared secret between the user and the server. The user confirms the correctness of the shared secret to ensure the legitimacy of the web page prior to disclosing any sensitive information via the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ismail Cem Paya, Trevin Chow, Christopher N. Peterson
  • Patent number: 7685631
    Abstract: Protecting a user against web spoofing in which the user confirms the authenticity of a web page prior to submitting sensitive information such as user credentials (e.g., a login name and password) via the web page. The web page provides the user with an identifiable piece of information representing a shared secret between the user and the server. The user confirms the correctness of the shared secret to ensure the legitimacy of the web page prior to disclosing any sensitive information via the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ismail Cem Paya, Trevin Chow, Christopher N. Peterson
  • Patent number: 7360092
    Abstract: Distinctively marking authentication forms and preemptively searching for and detecting unauthorized authentication forms. The invention includes creating a sign-in module having an identifying characteristic and presenting the created sign-in module to the user via a user interface. The invention also includes searching a plurality of web pages for the identifying characteristic and determining whether each of the searched web pages is authorized to include the created sign-in module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher N. Peterson, Ismail Cem Paya
  • Patent number: 7356711
    Abstract: Secure site-to-site transactional communication between at least two network servers coupled to a data communication network, including secure registration by an authentication server associated with a multi-site user authentication system. A network server receives a request via a browser f of a client computer. In response, the network server initiates a transaction with the authentication server and defines a data structure, such as a query string, associated with the transaction. The network server also generates a digital signature of the data structure and then adds it to the data structure before directing the client computer from the network server to the authentication server with the data structure and the added digital signature. The network server also adds an index to the data structure. The index is associated with the transaction and unique, per transaction, to the network server initiating the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Iulian D. Calinov, Christopher N. Peterson, Wei-Quiang Michael Guo, Danpo Zhang, Gilbert M. McQuillan, Wei Jiang, Sanjeev M. Nagvekar, Jeff Steinbok