Patents by Inventor Gregory Ryan Whitehead

Gregory Ryan Whitehead 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).

  • Router for managing trust relationships
    Patent number: 7926089
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method of managing trust relationships between federated identity and service providers. An assertion of a user identity is received from an identity provider via a first federation protocol, wherein a destination service provider is indicated with the assertion. Permission of the user identity to access the destination service provider is verified. If permission is verified, the user identity is asserted to the destination service provider via a second federation protocol. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Atul Vijay Tulshibagwale, Gregory Ryan Whitehead
  • Router for managing trust relationships
    Publication number: 20080016195
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method of managing trust relationships between federated identity and service providers. An assertion of a user identity is received from an identity provider via a first federation protocol, wherein a destination service provider is indicated with the assertion. Permission of the user identity to access the destination service provider is verified. If permission is verified, the user identity is asserted to the destination service provider via a second federation protocol. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Atul Vijay Tulshibagwale, Gregory Ryan Whitehead