Patents by Inventor Joseph Edward Hafeman

Joseph Edward Hafeman 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).

  • Role-based access in a multi-customer computing environment
    Patent number: 8336078
    Abstract: An actor is associated with a role, a policy type is associated with the role, and a role scope is associated with the role. One or more values are received for one or more corresponding context parameters associated with the actor. A request for access to a resource is received from the actor. A policy instance is determined based on the policy type and the one or more values for the one or more corresponding context parameters associated with the actor. One or more actor-role scope values are determined based on the role scope and the one or more values for the one or more corresponding context parameters associated with the actor. A response to the request is determined based on the policy instance and the actor-role scope values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: FMR Corp.
    Inventors: Royyuru Dixit, Joseph Edward Hafeman, Paul Michael Vetrano, Timothy Prentiss Spellman
  • Role-based access in a multi-customer computing environment
    Publication number: 20080016580
    Abstract: An actor is associated with a role, a policy type is associated with the role, and a role scope is associated with the role. One or more values are received for one or more corresponding context parameters associated with the actor. A request for access to a resource is received from the actor. A policy instance is determined based on the policy type and the one or more values for the one or more corresponding context parameters associated with the actor. One or more actor-role scope values are determined based on the role scope and the one or more values for the one or more corresponding context parameters associated with the actor. A response to the request is determined based on the policy instance and the actor-role scope values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Royyuru Dixit, Joseph Edward Hafeman, Paul Michael Vetrano, Timothy Prentiss Spellman