Patents by Inventor Joseph Lawrence O'Donnell

Joseph Lawrence O'Donnell 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).

  • Ticket generator for alternate authentication environments
    Patent number: 9961069
    Abstract: In a computer system, some resources may be protected within an SSO environment, and other resources may be protected in an alternate authentication environment. A user logged into an alternate authentication environment will again be prompted for login credentials when accessing an SSO protected resource. To avoid additional login prompts, credentials authenticated by the alternate authentication environment are used by the SSO environment to identify the user. The credentials are collected from the alternate authentication environment and provided to the SSO resource in the form of a ticket. The SSO resource forwards the ticket to an SSO provider. The SSO provider identifies the user within a user store using the credentials in the ticket. If the SSO provider identifies the user, the SSO provider generates a token and provides the token to the SSO resource. The token is authenticated by the SSO resource and access is granted to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Lawrence O'Donnell
  • TICKET GENERATOR FOR ALTERNATE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20170026362
    Abstract: In a computer system, some resources may be protected within an SSO environment, and other resources may be protected in an alternate authentication environment. A user logged into an alternate authentication environment will again be prompted for login credentials when accessing an SSO protected resource. To avoid additional login prompts, credentials authenticated by the alternate authentication environment are used by the SSO environment to identify the user. The credentials are collected from the alternate authentication environment and provided to the SSO resource in the form of a ticket. The SSO resource forwards the ticket to an SSO provider. The SSO provider identifies the user within a user store using the credentials in the ticket. If the SSO provider identifies the user, the SSO provider generates a token and provides the token to the SSO resource. The token is authenticated by the SSO resource and access is granted to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph Lawrence O'Donnell