Patents by Inventor Donna E. Skibbie

Donna E. Skibbie 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).

  • Method and system for server support of pluggable authorization systems
    Patent number: 7752661
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented for plugging in a standard authorization system in a manner such that legacy applications can use the authorization APIs and backend remote interfaces of a legacy authorization system. When a legacy application makes a call intended for a routine within the legacy authorization system, the call is redirected to make the appropriate calls to the APIs of the standard authorization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Kurt Hemsath, Donna E. Skibbie
  • Method and system for server support for pluggable authorization systems
    Patent number: 7320141
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented for plugging in a standard authorization system in a manner such that legacy applications can use the authorization APIs and backend remote interfaces of a legacy authorization system. When a legacy application makes a call intended for a routine within the legacy authorization system, the call is redirected to make the appropriate calls to the APIs of the standard authorization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Kurt Hemsath, Donna E. Skibbie
  • Lightweight directory access protocol, (LDAP) trusted processing of unique identifiers
    Patent number: 6714930
    Abstract: A trusted process for use with a hierarchical directory service such as LDAP for enabling different security systems to store and retrieve unique identifiers that are shared or common to the entire directory. The trusted process allows LDAP users to store and to retrieve unique identifiers on LDAP using standard LDAP interfaces. It also allows security systems to share unique identifier information. The trusted process generates or verifies a unique identifier, guarantees the uniqueness of a unique identifier within the entire directory (rather than just within a single security system), and guarantees that any unique identifier returned to an LDAP user is a trusted unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Garrison, Donna E. Skibbie
  • Method and system for server support for pluggable authorization systems
    Publication number: 20020178377
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented for plugging in a standard authorization system in a manner such that legacy applications can use the authorization APIs and backend remote interfaces of a legacy authorization system. When a legacy application makes a call intended for a routine within the legacy authorization system, the call is redirected to make the appropriate calls to the APIs of the standard authorization system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Kurt Hemsath, Donna E. Skibbie