Patents by Inventor Brian E. Shepler

Brian E. Shepler 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, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACCESS AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20180205745
    Abstract: A method and technique for access authentication includes: responsive to receiving an access request from a user for a secure resource, generating a token; combining the token with a character string to form a uniform resource locator (URL); transmitting the URL to the user; and responsive to receiving a request for the URL, providing access to the secure resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Brian E. Shepler, Charles J. Holloway, Nagaraj V. Rao
  • System, method and computer program product for access authentication
    Patent number: 9923906
    Abstract: A method and technique for access authentication includes: responsive to receiving an access request from a user for a secure resource, transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) to the user; responsive to transmitting the URL to the user, logging a timestamp for the URL transmission; responsive to receiving a request for the URL, logging a timestamp for the URL request; and responsive to verifying that a difference between the timestamp for the URL transmission and the timestamp for the URL request is within a predetermined time period, providing access to the secure resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Webcetera, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian E. Shepler, Charles J. Holloway, Nagaraj V. Rao
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACCESS AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20170118227
    Abstract: A method and technique for access authentication includes: responsive to receiving an access request from a user for a secure resource, transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) to the user; responsive to transmitting the URL to the user, logging a timestamp for the URL transmission; responsive to receiving a request for the URL, logging a timestamp for the URL request; and responsive to verifying that a difference between the timestamp for the URL transmission and the timestamp for the URL request is within a predetermined time period, providing access to the secure resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Brian E. Shepler, Charles J. Holloway, Nagaraj V. Rao
  • System, method and computer program product for access authentication
    Patent number: 9542545
    Abstract: A method and technique for access authentication includes: responsive to receiving an access request from a user for a secure resource, logging an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the access request; transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) to the user via an electronic mail message; responsive to receiving a request for the URL, logging an IP address corresponding to the URL request; and responsive to validating the IP address corresponding to the URL request with the IP address of the access request, providing access to the secure resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: WEBCETERA, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian E. Shepler, Charles J. Holloway, Nagaraj V. Rao
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACCESS AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20120246702
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for access authentication is disclosed. The method includes: responsive to receiving an access request from a user for a secure resource, logging an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the access request; transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) to the user via an electronic mail message; responsive to receiving a request for the URL, logging an IP address corresponding to the URL request; and responsive to validating the IP address corresponding to the URL request with the IP address of the access request, providing access to the secure resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Webcetera, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian E. Shepler, Charles J. Holloway, Nagaraj V. Rao