Patents by Inventor Steve Scallen

Steve Scallen 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).

  • Rights-context elevator
    Patent number: 7945951
    Abstract: System(s), techniques, and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. The tools may do so by switching a user to an account having higher rights or a different, higher-rights context of a same account. The tools may elevate a user's rights after a user enters a secure access sequence, such as Control+Alt+Delete, clicks on a button, or enters credentials. The tools may also enable a user to identify tasks that need higher rights to be performed by visually correlating graphic indicia with these tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anil K Yadav, Jerry K Koh, Steve Scallen
  • Elevating rights
    Patent number: 7941848
    Abstract: System(s), techniques, and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. The tools may do so by switching a user to an account having higher rights or a different, higher-rights context of a same account. The tools may elevate a user's rights after a user enters a secure access sequence, such as Control+Alt+Delete, clicks on a button, or enters credentials. The tools may also enable a user to identify tasks that need higher rights to be performed by visually correlating graphic indicia with these tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anil K Yadav, Jerry K Koh, Steve Scallen
  • Rights-Context Elevator
    Publication number: 20070180502
    Abstract: System(s), techniques, and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. The tools may do so by switching a user to an account having higher rights or a different, higher-rights context of a same account. The tools may elevate a user's rights after a user enters a secure access sequence, such as Control+Alt+Delete, clicks on a button, or enters credentials. The tools may also enable a user to identify tasks that need higher rights to be performed by visually correlating graphic indicia with these tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anil Yadav, Jerry Koh, Steve Scallen
  • Elevating Rights
    Publication number: 20070180501
    Abstract: System(s), techniques, and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. The tools may do so by switching a user to an account having higher rights or a different, higher-rights context of a same account. The tools may elevate a user's rights after a user enters a secure access sequence, such as Control+Alt+Delete, clicks on a button, or enters credentials. The tools may also enable a user to identify tasks that need higher rights to be performed by visually correlating graphic indicia with these tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anil Yadav, Jerry Koh, Steve Scallen