Patents by Inventor Bruce Lofland

Bruce Lofland 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).

  • Methods and systems of using single sign-on for identification for a web server not integrated with an enterprise network
    Patent number: 9059987
    Abstract: A method for accessing, using an authentication system, an application server within an enterprise network is disclosed. The method comprises retrieving an authentication message comprising a user name, wherein the authentication system is associated with the application server. The method comprises determining that a login account is not stored in a data store of the authentication system, wherein the login account is associated with a user identification and comprises a user name that matches the user name of the authentication message. The method comprises retrieving a login account from a user data store to generate a login account in the data store associated with the authentication system, wherein the login account is associated with the user name. The method comprises authenticating the user name with the login account. The method comprises providing to a user associated with the user name, access based on the authentication to the project server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Bruce Lofland, Eric E. Miller, Joao Tex Teixeira