Patents by Inventor Darren C. Platt

Darren C. Platt 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: 9641512
    Abstract: One or more methods of translating identity protocols and a device and a system implementing such methods are described herein. One such method comprises configuring a gateway to communicate with a first identity protocol and a canonical representation, with the canonical representation being different than the first identity protocol. The method may further comprise: including the first identity protocol in a first communication between a first computing device and the gateway, and translating at least a portion of the first communication from the first identity protocol to a canonical representation. The gateway may then translate the at least a portion of the first communication from the canonical representation to a second identity protocol and sending the first communication to a second computing device, including the first identity information in the second identity protocol in the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Darren C. Platt, Michael Scott Gile
  • Publication number: 20150295917
    Abstract: One or more methods of translating identity protocols and a device and a system implementing such methods are described herein. One such method comprises configuring a gateway to communicate with a first identity protocol and a canonical representation, with the canonical representation being different than the first identity protocol. The method may further comprise: including the first identity protocol in a first communication between a first computing device and the gateway, and translating at least a portion of the first communication from the first identity protocol to a canonical representation. The gateway may then translate the at least a portion of the first communication from the canonical representation to a second identity protocol and sending the first communication to a second computing device, including the first identity information in the second identity protocol in the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: SYMPLIFIED, INC.
    Inventors: Darren C. Platt, Michael Scott Gile
  • Patent number: 8990911
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for providing single sign on across a plurality of resources is disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving a request from a user to access a particular one of the plurality of resources; establishing an SSO session for the user if an SSO session has not been established; determining if the user has been authenticated to the particular resource, and if not, retrieving credentials for the user that are specific to the resource; presenting the credentials to the resource so as to create a session with the resource; and presenting a user interface for a customer to configure which of the plurality of resources can be accessed by users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Olden, Darren C. Platt, Coby Royer, Keshava Berg, Joseph H. Wallingford, III
  • Patent number: 8418238
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for managing access across a plurality of applications is disclosed. The system may include a user store connector configured to connect to one or more user stores to retrieve attributes; an authentication connector configured to communicate with at least one authentication subsystem to authenticate a user; a policy engine configured to retrieve attributes from the user store connector corresponding to a user and use the attributes to evaluate access policies, if any, which are defined for protection of resources, to determine whether or not the user should be granted access to the resources; an admin component that is configured to enable the access policies to be defined relative to attributes and the resources; and a policy store configured to store the access policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Symplified, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren C. Platt, Coby Royer, Keshava Berg, Joseph H. Wallingford, III, Eric Olden
  • Publication number: 20090249439
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for providing single sign on across a plurality of resources is disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving a request from a user to access a particular one of the plurality of resources; establishing an SSO session for the user if an SSO session has not been established; determining if the user has been authenticated to the particular resource, and if not, retrieving credentials for the user that are specific to the resource; presenting the credentials to the resource so as to create a session with the resource; and presenting a user interface for a customer to configure which of the plurality of resources can be accessed by users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Olden, Darren C. Platt, Coby Royer, Keshava Berg, Joseph H. Wallingford, III
  • Publication number: 20090249440
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for managing access across a plurality of applications is disclosed. The system may include a user store connector configured to connect to one or more user stores to retrieve attributes; an authentication connector configured to communicate with at least one authentication subsystem to authenticate a user; a policy engine configured to retrieve attributes from the user store connector corresponding to a user and use the attributes to evaluate access policies, if any, which are defined for protection of resources, to determine whether or not the user should be granted access to the resources; an admin component that is configured to enable the access policies to be defined relative to attributes and the resources; and a policy store configured to store the access policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Darren C. Platt, Coby Royer, Keshava Berg, Joseph H. Wallingford, III, Eric Olden