Patents by Inventor Lawrence Brozak SULLIVAN, JR.

Lawrence Brozak SULLIVAN, JR. 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).

  • Controlling access to resources of edge devices
    Patent number: 11381575
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an edge computing device. The method includes, receiving a user input requesting access to a resource of the edge computing device, determining whether the user has privileges to access the resource by: formulating a claims request which requests claims based on the determined identity of the user, sending the claims request to a local claims provider agent executed by a processor of the edge computing device, determining, based on claim request handling factors, whether the local claims provider agent can generate a token including the requested claims, and if so, generating the token with the requested claims; if not, a request may be sent to a cloud service-side claims provider to receive the token. The method includes authorizing access to the resource based on a predetermined policy that specifies the presence of a predefined resource parameter in the requested claims is sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Damour, David Michael Sauntry, Peter Gregg Miller, Sindhura Tokala, Tara Sanathanan Prakriya, Bhawandeep Singh Panesar, Lawrence Brozak Sullivan, Jr.
  • CONTROLLING ACCESS TO RESOURCES OF EDGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200351274
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an edge computing device. The method includes, receiving a user input requesting access to a resource of the edge computing device, determining whether the user has privileges to access the resource by: formulating a claims request which requests claims based on the determined identity of the user, sending the claims request to a local claims provider agent executed by a processor of the edge computing device, determining, based on claim request handling factors, whether the local claims provider agent can generate a token including the requested claims, and if so, generating the token with the requested claims; if not, a request may be sent to a cloud service-side claims provider to receive the token. The method includes authorizing access to the resource based on a predetermined policy that specifies the presence of a predefined resource parameter in the requested claims is sufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas DAMOUR, David Michael SAUNTRY, Peter Gregg MILLER, Sindhura TOKALA, Tara Sanathanan PRAKRIYA, Bhawandeep Singh PANESAR, Lawrence Brozak SULLIVAN, JR.