Patents by Inventor John J. Auvenshire

John J. Auvenshire 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).

  • TEMPORARILY PROVIDING HIGHER PRIVILEGES FOR COMPUTING SYSTEM TO USER IDENTIFIER
    Publication number: 20150256543
    Abstract: A root user identifier of a computing system is disabled. Thereafter, and in response to determining that a problem with the computing system requires root privileges to the computing system to solve, a code patch for installation on the computing system is received from a third party. The code patch is installed on the computing system, resulting in a user identifier temporarily having the root privileges to the computing system. The user identifier is different than the root user identifier is. A password for the user identifier is provided to the third party to permit the third party to solve the problem with the computing system using the root privileges, via the user identifier temporarily having the root privileges to the computing system. The code patch is computer code installable on the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: John J. Auvenshire, Thomas K. Clark, Neeta Garimella, Bernhard J. Klingenberg