Patents by Inventor Don R. Gillespie

Don R. Gillespie 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 network log-on by associating legacy profiles with user certificates
    Patent number: 6807577
    Abstract: System for connecting a client system to a server system includes a client database of certificates; a user access panel for receiving user authentication indicia; a program interface for authenticating a certificate in the client database with respect to the indicia; a communication link interconnecting the client and server; a server database of certificates; a program interface for authenticating a certificate received from the client over with a certificate in the server database and responsive thereto for establishing a job session with the client without prompting for user input of user profile and password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Don R. Gillespie, Thomas E. Murphy, Jr., Paul F. Rieth, Jeffrey S. Stevens