Patents by Inventor David Eads

David Eads 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 service accounts
    Patent number: 10257201
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides new methods and systems for managing access to service accounts by user accounts. For example, a user account and a service account may be created. The user account may be granted a first permission to access the service account. The first permission may provide a user with a capability to access the service account by at least one of accessing the service account through the user account and directly accessing the service account. A first credential may be issued to the service account. A user account status event regarding a change to the first permission may automatically be detected. It may be determined that the first permission provided access to the service account A second credential may be issued to the service account. The second credential may invalidate the first credential and may prevent the user from directly accessing the service account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Parees, Clayton Coleman, David Eads, Jordan Liggitt
  • MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20180034823
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides new methods and systems for managing access to service accounts by user accounts. For example, a user account and a service account may be created. The user account may be granted a first permission to access the service account. The first permission may provide a user with a capability to access the service account by at least one of accessing the service account through the user account and directly accessing the service account. A first credential may be issued to the service account. A user account status event regarding a change to the first permission may automatically be detected. It may be determined that the first permission provided access to the service account A second credential may be issued to the service account. The second credential may invalidate the first credential and may prevent the user from directly accessing the service account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Parees, Clayton Coleman, David Eads, Jordan Liggitt