Patents by Inventor Bradley P. Bransom

Bradley P. Bransom 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).

  • System and method for grouping device or application objects in a directory service
    Patent number: 7555771
    Abstract: A method of managing access to a network resource is provided. An access query generated by a user requesting access to one of a group of resources is received. In response, a directory schema is used to determine the privileges assigned to the user for accessing the resource. The directory schema includes an association object associating user objects representing multiple users, a resource group object representing the group of resources, and privilege objects representing privileges of users for accessing each of the group of resources such that the association defines the privileges of various users for accessing the group of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Bransom, Christopher J. Conner