Patents by Inventor Karan Vasishth
Karan Vasishth 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).
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Patent number: 8171522Abstract: A method for managing changes to policies in an enterprise includes receiving a systems policy change request to change a systems policy that implements a published enterprise policy, determining whether the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy, and updating the systems policy according to the requested systems policy change if the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy. A system for managing policies in an enterprise includes a policy management module configured for receiving published policies and generating corresponding systems policies having data for implementing the published policies, and a policy library storing the published policies and the systems policies.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Ann Hunter, Laurie A. Brown, Mark David Lawrence, Matthias Liebmann
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Publication number: 20100175105Abstract: A method for managing changes to policies in an enterprise includes receiving a systems policy change request to change a systems policy that implements a published enterprise policy, determining whether the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy, and updating the systems policy according to the requested systems policy change if the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy. A system for managing policies in an enterprise includes a policy management module configured for receiving published policies and generating corresponding systems policies having data for implementing the published policies, and a policy library storing the published policies and the systems policies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: Micosoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Ann Hunter, Laurie A. Brown, Mark David Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann
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Patent number: 7607164Abstract: A method for managing changes to policies in an enterprise includes receiving a systems policy change request to change a systems policy that implements a published enterprise policy, determining whether the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy, and updating the systems policy according to the requested systems policy change if the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy. A system for managing policies in an enterprise includes a policy management module configured for receiving published policies and generating corresponding systems policies having data for implementing the published policies, and a policy library storing the published policies and the systems policies.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Ann Hunter, Laurie A. Brown, Mark David Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann
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Patent number: 7540014Abstract: A distributed enterprise includes a policy management module and policy library for automating policy change alerting. The policy management module and policy library are configured to list associations between published policies, published policy exceptions, and one or more systems policies, and to determine if changes to published (written) enterprise policies, published policy exceptions, or systems policies have occurred. The policy management module and policy library are also configured to notify personnel of the distributed enterprise so that appropriate actions may be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Ann Hunter, Laurie A. Brown, Mark David Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann, Michelle Beaulieu
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Publication number: 20060190985Abstract: A distributed enterprise includes a policy management module and policy library for automating policy change alerting. The policy management module and policy library are configured to list associations between published policies, published policy exceptions, and one or more systems policies, and to determine if changes to published (written) enterprise policies, published policy exceptions, or systems policies have occurred. The policy management module and policy library are also configured to notify personnel of the distributed enterprise so that appropriate actions may be implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Hunter, Laurie Brown, Mark Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann, Michelle Beaulieu
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Publication number: 20060155716Abstract: A system includes a schema defining terms for objects in an identity store, and a schema governance module controlling changes to the schema based on schema change criteria. A method of managing an existing schema defining objects in an identity store includes receiving a request specifying a proposed change to the existing schema, and determining whether to approve the proposed schema change based on schema change criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Hunter, Laurie Brown, Mark Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann
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Publication number: 20060143447Abstract: A method includes associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user's job responsibility and granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least privilege, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights necessary to perform only the task associated with the elevated rights.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Hunter, Laurie Brown, Mark Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann
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Publication number: 20060143685Abstract: A method for managing changes to policies in an enterprise includes receiving a systems policy change request to change a systems policy that implements a published enterprise policy, determining whether the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy, and updating the systems policy according to the requested systems policy change if the requested systems policy change complies with the published enterprise policy. A system for managing policies in an enterprise includes a policy management module configured for receiving published policies and generating corresponding systems policies having data for implementing the published policies, and a policy library storing the published policies and the systems policies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Hunter, Laurie Brown, Mark Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann
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Publication number: 20060143126Abstract: A system includes a working state of an identity store having an account object, definitive state data having an account object in a known state, and a consistency checking module operable to determine whether the account object in the working state is consistent with the account object in the definitive state. The system also includes a self-healing module operable to manage the lifecycle of objects in the working state of the identity store. A method includes detecting an inconsistency between an account object in a definitive state repository and a corresponding account object in a working state repository, and generating an alert based on the detecting of the inconsistency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karan Vasishth, Kimberley Hunter, Laurie Brown, Mark David Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann