Patents by Inventor Karen Vasishth

Karen 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).

  • Managing elevated rights on a network
    Patent number: 7529931
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Vasishth, Kimberley Ann Hunter, Laurie A. Brown, Mark David Lawrence, Matthias Leibmann