Patents by Inventor James D. Nyland

James D. Nyland 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).

  • Methods, systems, and data structures for federating electronic calendars
    Patent number: 8538992
    Abstract: The methods, systems, and data structures are taught for federating disparate calendaring systems into composite calendaring systems and composite calendars. First and second calendaring systems are bridged to a composite calendaring system using a bridging communication. The composite calendaring system tracks and presents selective information within a composite calendar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Lawyer, Jeffrey Todd Hawkins, Scott Alan Isaacson, Matthew Richard French, James D. Nyland, Stephen R Carter
  • Authentication on demand in a distributed network environment
    Patent number: 7487535
    Abstract: A computer receives an authentication request from a client. The computer creates a temporary user object and populates it with identification information from the authentication request. The computer then forwards the authentication request to an authentication source. Once the authentication source has validated the authentication request, the computer queries the authentication source for identification information, populates the temporary user object with the identification information, and makes the user object permanent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Isaacson, Daniel G. Fritch, Larry Hal Henderson, Lynn W. Crabb, James D. Nyland, Jr.