Patents by Inventor Carmela Gambardella

Carmela Gambardella 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).

  • User impersonation and authentication
    Patent number: 8756704
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for modifying a resource by an authenticated user impersonating another user. In one embodiment of the invention, a lock may be acquired on the resource to be modified, storing the identity of the authenticated user and the identity of the impersonated user inside the lock object, and generating a message indicating that the lock was acquired successfully by the authenticated user impersonating another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Castellucci, Carmela Gambardella, Dario Iorfida, Aniello Alessandro Rea, Marcello Vitaletti
  • User Impersonation and Authentication
    Publication number: 20100154043
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for modifying a resource by an authenticated user impersonating another user. In one embodiment of the invention, a lock may be acquired on the resource to be modified, storing the identity of the authenticated user and the identity of the impersonated user inside the lock object, and generating a message indicating that the lock was acquired successfully by the authenticated user impersonating another user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Castellucci, Carmela Gambardella, Dario Iorfida, Aniello Alessandro Rea, Marcello Vitaletti