Patents by Inventor Stephen W Grimm

Stephen W Grimm 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).

  • SECURE VEHICLE TO VEHICLE PTC COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240109564
    Abstract: A method is provided that can include activating at least two wireless communication channels in parallel, between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. Each of the at least two wireless communication channels can operate at a different radio carrier frequency, and the first wireless transceiver may be part of a first vehicle. The method can also include transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, common information in parallel on the at least two wireless communication channels to the second wireless transceiver and deactivating the at least two wireless communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Padam Dhoj Swar, Carl L. Haas, Danial Rice, Rebecca W. Dreasher, Adam Hausmann, Matthew Steven Vrba, Edward J. Kuchar, James Lucas, Andrew Ryan Staats, Jerrid D. Chapman, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Stephen Craven, Tania Lindsley, Derek K. Woo, Ann K. Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phillip A. Burgart, James Allen Oswald, Shannon K. Struttmann, Stuart J. Barr, Keith Smith, Francois P. Pretorius, Craig K. Green, Kendrick Gawne, Irwin Morris, Joseph W. Gorman, Srivallidevi Muthusami, Mahesh Babu Natarajan, Jeremiah Dirnberger, Adam Franco
  • Identity management for application access
    Patent number: 8042160
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of identity management for application access. The method includes identifying access enabling information for users. The access enabling information related to users of a first enterprise network to enable the users to access applications on a second enterprise network. The method includes obtaining the identified access enabling information from the first enterprise network, and storing the access enabling information in an identity data store. The method also includes provisioning the access enabling information from the identity data store to one or more applications on the second enterprise network to enable the users of the first enterprise network to access the one or more applications on the second enterprise network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Boydstun, Stephen W. Grimm, Steven R. Hentzen, Stephen M. Peters
  • Identity management system and method
    Patent number: 7571473
    Abstract: A system is for identity management is provided. The system includes an identity management data store, a human resources input, an application registration component, and a security component. The identity management data store stores identity-related information for a user of an application. The identity-related information is mapped within the identity management data store to role information for the user of the application. The human resources input provisions the identity management data store with the identity-related information. The application registration component facilitates the application to provision the identity management data store with the role information for the user of the application. The security component authenticates the user and authorizes the user for access to the application based on the identity-related information. The security component retrieves the role information mapped to the identity-related information and delivers the role information to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Boydstun, Stephen W Grimm, Steven R. Hentzen