Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Dettlaff

Christopher M. Dettlaff 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).

  • Renewal of user identification information
    Patent number: 9147062
    Abstract: A method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing user identification information. A determination is made whether an instance of security information in use on the first application server and referenced by a token that has expired was generated by an application server compatible with a first application server in response to receiving the token. A determination is made whether the instance of the security information is managed by a set of rules for a group of users of the first application server. A determination is made whether a user identifier from the token is authorized to access the first application server. The token is renewed in response to determining that the user identifier is authorized to access the first application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Bennett, Christopher M. Dettlaff, Elisa Ferracane, William J. O'Donnell, Michael C. Thompson
  • RENEWAL OF USER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130007856
    Abstract: A method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing user identification information. A determination is made whether an instance of security information in use on the first application server and referenced by a token that has expired was generated by an application server compatible with a first application server in response to receiving the token. A determination is made whether the instance of the security information is managed by a set of rules for a group of users of the first application server. A determination is made whether a user identifier from the token is authorized to access the first application server. The token is renewed in response to determining that the user identifier is authorized to access the first application server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul W. Bennett, Christopher M. Dettlaff, Elisa Ferracane, William J. O'Donnell, Michael C. Thompson