Patents by Inventor Kyle Dean Austin

Kyle Dean Austin 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).

  • Identity broker configured to authenticate users to host services
    Patent number: 8402527
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an identity broker to authenticate users to a network device, system, or hosted application that uses certain legacy protocols for user authentication. For example, the identity broker may be configured to respond to a user authentication request from a network device formatted as a RADIUS or LDAP message. The identity broker may operate in conjunction with an identity provider to authenticate a user requesting access to a computing resource (e.g., to the network device, system, or hosted application).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Dean Austin, Brett Jason Schoppert, Michael Almond
  • IDENTITY PROVIDER SERVER CONFIGURED TO VALIDATE AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS FROM IDENTITY BROKER
    Publication number: 20110314532
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an identity broker to authenticate users to a network device, system, or hosted application that uses certain legacy protocols for user authentication. For example, the identity broker may be configured to respond to a user authentication request from a network device formatted as a RADIUS or LDAP message. The identity broker may operate in conjunction with an identity provider to authenticate a user requesting access to a computing resource (e.g., to the network device, system, or hosted application).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: KYLE DEAN AUSTIN, Brett Jason Schoppert, Michael Almond
  • IDENTITY BROKER CONFIGURED TO AUTHENTICATE USERS TO HOST SERVICES
    Publication number: 20110314533
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an identity broker to authenticate users to a network device, system, or hosted application that uses certain legacy protocols for user authentication. For example, the identity broker may be configured to respond to a user authentication request from a network device formatted as a RADIUS or LDAP message. The identity broker may operate in conjunction with an identity provider to authenticate a user requesting access to a computing resource (e.g., to the network device, system, or hosted application).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: KYLE DEAN AUSTIN, Brett Jason Schoppert, Michael Almond