Patents by Inventor Carolyn Ford

Carolyn Ford 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 FOR SETTING AND CHANGING THE USER CREDENTIAL IN INFORMATION CARDS
    Publication number: 20090199284
    Abstract: An identity provider issues information cards in which the credential type and/or the credential data is not specified at the time of issuance. A card selector installs the information cards and either prompts a user for the credential at the time of installation or afterwards. The card selector updates the credential type, the credential data, and/or authentication materials associated with an information card after the information card has been installed, and informs the identity provider about the credential type, credential data, and authentication materials before the information card is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: NOVELL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Sanders, Andrew A. Hodgkinson, Carolyn Ford