Patents by Inventor Andreas Sahlbach

Andreas Sahlbach 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).

  • Method, computer program product and system for providing a switch user functionality in an information technological network
    Patent number: 7171554
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for providing a switch user functionality in a server-agent environment in an information technological (IT) network in which at least one agent runs on a node of the IT network, comprising: generating a switch user (SU) certificate using public-key cryptography upon receiving a request to switch from a user account presently used on the node to another user account; sending the SU certificate to the agent; checking the correctness of the SU certificate; performing the requested switch to the other user account provided that the SU certificate is correct. The invention is also directed to a corresponding computer program product and a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Andreas Sahlbach
  • Method, computer program product and system for providing a switch user functionality in an information technological network
    Publication number: 20030033521
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for providing a switch user functionality in a server-agent environment in an information technological (IT) network in which at least one agent runs on a node of the IT network, comprising: generating a switch user (SU) certificate using public-key cryptography upon receiving a request to switch from a user account presently used on the node to another user account; sending the SU certificate to the agent; checking the correctness of the SU certificate; performing the requested switch to the other user account provided that the SU certificate is correct. The invention is also directed to a corresponding computer program product and a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventor: Andreas Sahlbach