Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Barnabo

Christopher E. Barnabo 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).

  • Patent number: 7877792
    Abstract: Authenticating a first user in a protected network to an application in a DMZ network shared simultaneously with a second user in an unprotected network. The first user supplies a userID and a password to a first server within the protected network for authentication for the application. The first server checks authentication of the first user based on the userID and password. If the first user is authentic, the first server forwards to the application an authentication key for the first user and a selection by the first user pertaining to the application. The application checks authentication of the key, and if authentic, complies with the selection by the first user. The second user supplies another userID and another password to the application. If the other userID and other password are authentic, the application complies with a selection made by the second user pertaining to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Barnabo, Gordan G. Greenlee
  • Patent number: 7793335
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method, system, and program product for managing log-in strikes in a geographically distributed computer infrastructure. Specifically, under the present invention, when a strike message is received on a strikeout server pursuant to an incorrect password input during an attempted log-in of a user, the incorrect password is compared to a strike list to determine if it was previously received on the strikeout server during a predetermined period of time. Based on this determination, the incorrect password and will be stored in a list on the strikeout server with a corresponding timestamp. Thereafter, the strike message and the timestamp will be replicated to all other strikeout servers in the infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bahri B. Bali, Christopher E. Barnabo, Gordan G. Greenlee, Kan Y. Hsiao, Howard E. Poole, Richard E. Weingarten
  • Publication number: 20080222713
    Abstract: Authenticating a first user in a protected network to an application in a DMZ network shared simultaneously with a second user in an unprotected network. The first user supplies a userID and a password to a first server within the protected network for authentication for the application. The first server checks authentication of the first user based on the userID and password. If the first user is authentic, the first server forwards to the application an authentication key for the first user and a selection by the first user pertaining to the application. The application checks authentication of the key, and if authentic, complies with the selection by the first user. The second user supplies another userID and another password to the application. If the other userID and other password are authentic, the application complies with a selection made by the second user pertaining to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher E. Barnabo, Gordan G. Greenlee
  • Patent number: 7356697
    Abstract: Authenticating a first user in a protected network to an application in a DMZ network shared simultaneously with a second user in an unprotected network. The first user supplies a userID and a password to a first server within the protected network for authentication for the application. The first sewer checks authentication of the first user based on the userID and password. If the first user is authentic, the first server forwards to the application an authentication key for the first user and a selection by the first user pertaining to the application. The application checks authentication of the key, and if authentic, complies with the selection by the first user. The second user supplies another userID and another password to the application. If the other userID and other password are authentic, the application complies with a selection made by the second user pertaining to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Barnabo, Gordan G. Greenlee
  • Publication number: 20040260925
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a first user in a protected network to an application in a DMZ network shared simultaneously with a second user in an unprotected network. The protected network and the DMZ network are both controlled by a same entity. The first user supplies a userID and a password to a first server within the protected network for authentication for the application. The first server checks authentication of the first user based on the userID and password. If the first user is authentic, the first server forwards to the application an authentication key for the first user and a selection by the first user pertaining to the application. The application checks authentication of the key, and if authentic, complies with the selection by the first user. The second user supplies another userID and another password to the application. If the other userID and other password are authentic, the application complies with a selection made by the second user pertaining to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher E. Barnabo, Gordan G. Greenlee