Patents by Inventor Pransanta Behara

Pransanta Behara 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).

  • Macro-based access control
    Patent number: 7167918
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for using condition defining data (e.g., access control instructions) attached to nodes in a tree to implement node-related conditions in a directory server having a tree structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes attaching condition defining data that includes a variable portion and a reference portion to a given node in the tree structure, and upon access to a subnode of said given node in the tree, using the reference portion and a property of the subnode to tentatively derive a value for the variable portion, changing the variable portion into the value, and evaluating the condition in said condition defining data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Byrne, Pransanta Behara
  • Macro-based access control
    Publication number: 20030110246
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for using condition defining data (e.g., access control instructions) attached to nodes in a tree to implement node-related conditions in a directory server having a tree structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes attaching condition defining data that includes a variable portion and a reference portion to a given node in the tree structure, and upon access to a subnode of said given node in the tree, using the reference portion and a property of the subnode to tentatively derive a value for the variable portion, changing the variable portion into the value, and evaluating the condition in said condition defining data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicants: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Netscape Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Byrne, Pransanta Behara