Patents by Inventor Joseph W. Sharp

Joseph W. Sharp 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: 7392536
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for signing on a user of a first domain into an affiliate application in a second domain. When the user needs access to the affiliate application, the request for access causes a ticket to be generated. The ticket identifies the user and is passed to an adapter. The adapter, which ultimately will perform the sign on in the affiliate application, redeems the ticket for the user's credentials (e.g., a valid userID/password combination for the affiliate application), and then presents the credentials to the affiliate application. A service is provided that issues tickets, redeems tickets, manages the registration and de-registration of affiliate applications, manages the correlation between a user and the user's credentials with an affiliate application, and manages encryption of stored records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Jamieson, Anil Balakrishnan, Hilal Al-Hilali, Christopher Robert Houser, Rex George Torres, Joseph W. Sharp, Jean-Emile Elien
  • Patent number: 7275259
    Abstract: A system that allows a user of a first domain to access a second domain. A request originates in the first domain to perform an action in the second domain. The request indicates a user of the first domain on whose behalf the request was originated. The access request is received by an adapter in the second domain. The adapter requests an access token for a user of the second domain who corresponds to the user of the first domain. A mapping table is used to identify which user in the second domain corresponds to the user in the first domain. Once the correct user of the second domain is identified, an access token for that user is returned to the adapter. The adapter then carries out the requested action by using the access token to impersonate the user of the second domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Jamieson, Anil Balakrishnan, Christopher Robert Houser, Rex George Torres, Joseph W. Sharp, Guy Paul Larsen, Douglas R. Carrell
  • Patent number: 7251732
    Abstract: A mechanism that synchronizes passwords maintained for plural domains. A user maintains accounts in two domains. The first and second domains each maintain tables correlating userIDs with passwords, such that the same user's password can be different in the different domains. A database stores tables that correlate a given user's userID/password combination in the first domain with his corresponding userID/password combination in the second domain. The database is used to sign the user onto one domain when the user is working in the other domain. When the user changes his password in the first domain, the change is reported to the database, so that the database stores the current password. Optionally, the password change may be reported to the second domain, such that the user will have the same password in both domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Jamieson, Anil Balakrishnan, Christopher Robert Houser, Rex George Torres, Guy Paul Larsen, Joseph W. Sharp
  • Publication number: 20040260953
    Abstract: A mechanism that synchronizes passwords maintained for plural domains. A user maintains accounts in two domains. The first and second domains each maintain tables correlating userIDs with passwords, such that the same user's password can be different in the different domains. A database stores tables that correlate a given user's userID/password combination in the first domain with his corresponding userID/password combination in the second domain. The database is used to sign the user onto one domain when the user is working in the other domain. When the user changes his password in the first domain, the change is reported to the database, so that the database stores the current password. Optionally, the password change may be reported to the second domain, such that the user will have the same password in both domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Jamieson, Anil Balakrishnan, Christopher Robert Houser, Rex George Torres, Guy Paul Larsen, Joseph W. Sharp
  • Publication number: 20040260942
    Abstract: A system that allows a user of a first domain to access a second domain. A request originates in the first domain to perform an action in the second domain. The request indicates a user of the first domain on whose behalf the request was originated. The access request is received by an adapter in the second domain. The adapter requests an access token for a user of the second domain who corresponds to the user of the first domain. A mapping table is used to identify which user in the second domain corresponds to the user in the first domain. Once the correct user of the second domain is identified, an access token for that user is returned to the adapter. The adapter then carries out the requested action by using the access token to impersonate the user of the second domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Steve Jamieson, Anil Balakrishnan, Christopher Robert Houser, Rex George Torres, Joseph W. Sharp, Guy Paul Larsen, Douglas R. Carrell
  • Patent number: 6000898
    Abstract: The present invention is a wall lift which includes a base, lifting arm, wall attachment bracket and at least one safety strap as the main components. Each main component includes its own individual components which aid in the operation of the wall lift. The wall lift raises a prefabricated wall by lifting at a top of the wall so that the wall rotates about a bottom of the wall. The lifting arm is rotatably attached to the base. The lifting arm includes a motor and starts in a vertical position. The motor includes a cable attached to a wall movement unit. The wall movement unit attaches to the top of the wall and is also slidably attached to the lifting arm. The lifting arm rotates in the direction that the wall is being lifted as the motor retracts the cable. The cable pulls the wall movement unit towards a top of the lifting arm during retraction. The wall is lifted due to its attachment to the wall movement unit as the wall movement unit is pulled by the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventor: Joseph W. Sharp