Patents by Inventor Elizabeth A. Lyne

Elizabeth A. Lyne 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: 8689324
    Abstract: Techniques to explain authorization origins for protected objects in an object domain are disclosed. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a request processor component operative on the processor circuit to receive and process a request for an authorization origin of a resource object, the authorization origin comprising an access control with a permission arranged to control access to the resource object based on an identity, and a resource origin component operative on the processor circuit to identify the authorization origin of the resource object from a set of interrelated resource objects and associated access controls, retrieve authorization origin information for the authorization origin, and present the authorization origin information in a user interface view. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: SAS Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bowman, Elizabeth A. Lyne, Catherine Hitti, Jianping Yang, J. Forest Boozer
  • Publication number: 20130269027
    Abstract: Techniques to explain authorization origins for protected objects in an object domain are disclosed. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a request processor component operative on the processor circuit to receive and process a request for an authorization origin of a resource object, the authorization origin comprising an access control with a permission arranged to control access to the resource object based on an identity, and a resource origin component operative on the processor circuit to identify the authorization origin of the resource object from a set of interrelated resource objects and associated access controls, retrieve authorization origin information for the authorization origin, and present the authorization origin information in a user interface view. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Brian Bowman, Elizabeth A. Lyne, Catherine Hitti, Jianping Yang, J. Forest Boozer