Patents by Inventor Ian A. Morrison

Ian A. Morrison 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).

  • Systems, methods and computer program products for authenticating client requests with client certificate information
    Patent number: 6088805
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products authenticate client requests to access server resources. A server receives a certificate containing multiple data fields associated with the client making a request. The server selects data from at least one of the certificate data fields and filters the selected data using at least one predefined filter rule associated with the requested server resources to authenticate the client request. Combinations of filter rules may be utilized and the server may select data from various combinations of data fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Steve D. Gray, David Gerard Kuehr-McLaren, Ian A. Morrison, Timothy G. Shoriak