Patents by Inventor Colin R. Paterson

Colin R. Paterson 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: 9361390
    Abstract: A web page preview system comprising a web host for providing, in a run-time environment, a first version and a second version of a set of web pages and an interface for receiving requests from users for access to the different versions of the set of web pages. The system provides access to the first version of the set of web pages in the run-time environment to a general set of users and provides access to the second version of the set of web pages in the run-time environment to a restricted sub-set of users, so that the second version of the set of web pages may be previewed in the run-time environment by the restricted sub-set of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Nadia M Nashi, Colin R Paterson, Hugh Carty
  • Publication number: 20110029854
    Abstract: A web page preview system comprising a web host for providing, in a run-time environment, a first version and a second version of a set of web pages and an interface for receiving requests from users for access to the different versions of the set of web pages. The system provides access to the first version of the set of web pages in the run-time environment to a general set of users and provides access to the second version of the set of web pages in the run-time environment to a restricted sub-set of users, so that the second version of the set of web pages may be previewed in the nm-time environment by the restricted sub-set of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Nadia M. Nashi, Colin R. Paterson, Hugh Carty
  • Publication number: 20100235897
    Abstract: A method for recording a password for providing access to secure resources in a computer network, including a user establishing a session via the computer network in which the user is in communication with a password authority via the session; the user identifying themselves to the password authority via the session and requesting a password via the session; the password authority sending a code to the user otherwise than via the session; the user receiving the code and providing the code to the password authority via the session; the user providing a proposed password value to the password authority via the session; the password authority receiving and checking the validity of the code provided by the user and, if the code entered is valid, recording the proposed password value entered by user; in which the code is only valid if provided via the session via which the password is requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Mason, Neil A. Emms, Colin R. Paterson
  • Publication number: 20100031317
    Abstract: Secure access is provided to a resource hosted in a first domain. A first web server provides access to the resource. A second web server is provided in a second domain for receiving requests from a user for access to the resource. A browser is arranged for authentication and authorization for access to resources in the second domain and for forwarding requests from the user to the second web server. A reverse proxy is provided for publishing, with a resource identifier identifying the second domain, the resource to the second web server. The reverse proxy is arranged to forward to the first web server for access to the resource requests received from the second browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Mason, Simon Howe, Colin R. Paterson, Richard Doyle