Patents by Inventor Donald J. Flinn

Donald J. Flinn 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for facilitating security in a network
    Patent number: 6807636
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for facilitating security in a network, particularly a distributed network. According to embodiments of the present invention an apparatus or system may include a manager in communication with one or more mappers and one or more adapters for facilitating security requests that may be associated with an application or its environment. An adapter may be associated with an application to identify security requests associated with the application. Similarly, a mapper may be associated with a security service to facilitate communication to and from the security service regarding security requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Bret A. Hartman, Donald J. Flinn, Theodore R. Burghart, Jr.
  • Methods and apparatus for facilitating security in a network
    Publication number: 20030154401
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for facilitating security in a network, particularly a distributed network. According to embodiments of the present invention an apparatus or system may include a manager in communication with one or more mappers and one or more adapters for facilitating security requests that may be associated with an application or its environment. An adapter may be associated with an application to identify security requests associated with the application. Similarly, a mapper may be associated with a security service to facilitate communication to and from the security service regarding security requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Bret A. Hartman, Donald J. Flinn, Theodore R. Burghart