Patents by Inventor Chris Crall

Chris Crall 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).

  • SECONDARY CREDENTIALS FOR BATCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120072972
    Abstract: A batch job system may create a second set of credentials for a user and associate the second set of credentials with the user in an authentication server. The second set of credentials may allow computers running the batch jobs to have user-level authentication for execution and reporting of results. The second set of credentials may be a single sign on type of credential, and may consist of a virtual smartcard that each worker computer may use for authentication. In some embodiments, authentication requests may be routed to a virtual or physical Hardware Security Module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Christiansen, Chris Crall, John Michener, Yi Zeng, Haitao Li