Patents by Inventor Daniel Wayne Bertram

Daniel Wayne Bertram 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).

  • Management of authentication discovery policy in a computer network
    Patent number: 6418466
    Abstract: A method of discovering native or non-native authentication server domains and managing information about such domains in a computer network. The various domains are “discovered” by issuing requests from the client to one or more of the servers in the network. Each response is then characterized as being from a native or non-native server, and a list of each such server type is then compiled at the client. The administrator may modify the list, for example, by adding or removing server domains, or may apply a discovery “policy” to tailor the way in which a user may access and interact with the discovered information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Wayne Bertram, David Paul Dutcher, Scott Alan Lenharth, James Michael Rolette, Jr., Stanley Alan Smith, Courtney Joseph Spooner
  • Discovery of authentication server domains in a computer network
    Patent number: 5948064
    Abstract: A method of discovering native or non-native authentication server domains in a computer network. The various domains are "discovered" by issuing requests from the client to one or more of the servers in the network. Each response is then characterized as being from a native or non-native server, and a list of each such server type is then compiled at the client. If desired, the administrator may then apply a discovery "policy" to tailor the way in which a user may access and interact with the discovered information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Wayne Bertram, David Paul Dutcher, Scott Alan Lenharth, James Michael Rolette, Jr., Stanley Alan Smith, Courtney Joseph Spooner