Patents by Inventor Benjamin E. Seidenberg

Benjamin E. Seidenberg 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: 10630662
    Abstract: A material set, such as an asymmetric keypair, is processed using an associated workflow to prepare the material set for activation and/or use. In one embodiment, a material set is generated and information about the material set is communicated to a workflow manager. Based at least on the information, the workflow manager generates a workflow that when accomplished will allow the material set to be activated and/or used. In another embodiment, a service provider provides a key manager, workflow manager and destination for the key, such as a load balancer that terminates SSL connections. A key can be generated by the key manager, sent through the workflow manager for processing (potentially communicated to third parties such as a certificate authority, if needed) and installed at a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme D. Baer, David M. Hulme, Benjamin E. Seidenberg
  • Patent number: 9276754
    Abstract: A material set, such as an asymmetric keypair, is processed using an associated workflow to prepare the material set for activation and/or use. In one embodiment, a material set is generated and information about the material set is communicated to a workflow manager. Based at least on the information, the workflow manager generates a workflow that when accomplished will allow the material set to be activated and/or used. In another embodiment, a service provider provides a key manager, workflow manager and destination for the key, such as a load balancer that terminates SSL connections. A key can be generated by the key manager, sent through the workflow manager for processing (potentially communicated to third parties such as a certificate authority, if needed) and installed at a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme D. Baer, David M. Hulme, Benjamin E. Seidenberg
  • Patent number: 9148414
    Abstract: Customers accessing resources or services in a multi-tenant environment can obtain assurance that a provider of that environment will honor only requests associated with the customer and will reject any requests that might have been tampered with or otherwise falsely generated. Various endpoints or interfaces can be used, which can be located in the multi-tenant environment, in a customer environment, or in a separate location. These endpoints or interfaces can sign unsigned requests, or otherwise increase the credentials of a signed request, on behalf of a customer. In some embodiments, additional metadata can be added that can increase the authentication level of the requests. Such an approach can enable a customer to provide or delegate access to the resources without exposing the credentials outside a secure environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Branchek Roth, Benjamin E. Seidenberg
  • Patent number: 8964990
    Abstract: A material set, such as an asymmetric keypair, is processed using an associated workflow to prepare the material set for activation and/or use. In one embodiment, a material set is generated and information about the material set is communicated to a workflow manager. Based at least on the information, the workflow manager generates a workflow that when accomplished will allow the material set to be activated and/or used. In another embodiment, a service provider provides a key manager, workflow manager and destination for the key, such as a load balancer that terminates SSL connections. A key can be generated by the key manager, sent through the workflow manager for processing (potentially communicated to third parties such as a certificate authority, if needed) and installed at a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme D. Baer, David M. Hulme, Benjamin E. Seidenberg
  • Patent number: 8908868
    Abstract: A material set, such as an asymmetric keypair, is processed using an associated workflow to prepare the material set for activation and/or use. In one embodiment, a material set is generated and information about the material set is communicated to a workflow manager. Based at least on the information, the workflow manager generates a workflow that when accomplished will allow the material set to be activated and/or used. In another embodiment, a service provider provides a key manager, workflow manager and destination for the key, such as a load balancer that terminates SSL connections. A key can be generated by the key manager, sent through the workflow manager for processing (potentially communicated to third parties such as a certificate authority, if needed) and installed at a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme D. Baer, David M. Hulme, Benjamin E. Seidenberg
  • Patent number: 8799641
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for secure proxying using network intermediaries. A system may include one or more servers and a network intermediary. The network intermediary may generate security metadata associated with a client request, comprising an identification of a source of the client request, and transmit an encoded version of the security metadata and a backend request to a server. The server may determine whether the security metadata is valid. If the security metadata is validated, the server may perform one or more operations in accordance with the backend request and the security metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Seidenberg, Gregory B. Roth, Graeme D. Baer