Patents by Inventor David A. Matson

David A. Matson 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).

  • Managing security credentials for scaled-out services
    Patent number: 8990907
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to establishing separate security identities for a shared service and shared service instances, and to managing shared and service instance credentials. In one scenario, a computer system establishes a shared credential for a shared service that includes multiple shared service instances, where the shared credential uniquely identifies the shared service. The computer system establishes a service instance credential for each shared service instance that uniquely identifies each shared service instance and maintains a relationship between the service instance and the shared service. The relationship provides service instance access to the shared credentials as the shared credentials are updated over time. Then, upon determining that the shared credentials have been updated and are no longer valid, the shared service instance accesses the updated shared credentials using the established relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Matson, Kahren Tevosyan, Mark Russinovich
  • MANAGING SECURITY CREDENTIALS FOR SCALED-OUT SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140137218
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to establishing separate security identities for a shared service and shared service instances, and to managing shared and service instance credentials. In one scenario, a computer system establishes a shared credential for a shared service that includes multiple shared service instances, where the shared credential uniquely identifies the shared service. The computer system establishes a service instance credential for each shared service instance that uniquely identifies each shared service instance and maintains a relationship between the service instance and the shared service. The relationship provides service instance access to the shared credentials as the shared credentials are updated over time. Then, upon determining that the shared credentials have been updated and are no longer valid, the shared service instance accesses the updated shared credentials using the established relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David A. Matson, Kahren Tevosyan, Mark Russinovich