Patents by Inventor Ludovic Poitou

Ludovic Poitou 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).

  • Method and system for secure access policy migration
    Patent number: 8776167
    Abstract: A method for deploying a directory server that includes receiving a new version of the directory server on a server to replace a prior version of the directory server, wherein the new version of the directory server uses a new version of an access policy and the prior directory server uses a prior version of the access policy, and configuring the new version of the directory server to use both the prior version of access policy and the new version of the access policy, wherein the new version of the directory server maintains compatibility between the new version of the access policy and the prior version of the access policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Karine Excoffier, Gilles Bellaton, Mark Craig, Ludovic Poitou
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE ACCESS POLICY MIGRATION
    Publication number: 20090019515
    Abstract: A method for deploying a directory server that includes receiving a new version of the directory server on a server to replace a prior version of the directory server, wherein the new version of the directory server uses a new version of an access policy and the prior directory server uses a prior version of the access policy, and configuring the new version of the directory server to use both the prior version of access policy and the new version of the access policy, wherein the new version of the directory server maintains compatibility between the new version of the access policy and the prior version of the access policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Karine Excoffier, Gilles Bellaton, Mark Craig, Ludovic Poitou
  • Replication architecture for a directory server
    Patent number: 6973463
    Abstract: A directory server includes a supplier server, a consumer server in communication with the supplier server, a plurality of pluggable services that manage replication of data contained within the directory server from the supplier server to the consumer server, and a change log maintained on the consumer server of data replicated to the consumer server. The replication of data is managed by the plurality of pluggable services using the change log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Merrells, Olga Natkovich, Gordon Good, Rich Megginson, Ludovic Poitou, Mark C. Smith
  • Change sequence number generator
    Publication number: 20030088589
    Abstract: A directory server including a supplier server, a consumer server in communication with the supplier server, a plurality of pluggable services that manage replication of data contained within the directory server from the supplier server to the consumer server, and a change sequence number used to determine ordering of operations performed on the consumer server. Replication of data is managed using the change sequence number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Gordon Good, John Merrells, Ludovic Poitou, Olga Natkovich, Mark C. Smith, Pinaki Shah
  • Replication architecture for a directory server
    Publication number: 20030088587
    Abstract: A directory server includes a supplier server, a consumer server in communication with the supplier server, a plurality of pluggable services that manage replication of data contained within the directory server from the supplier server to the consumer server, and a change log maintained on the consumer server of data replicated to the consumer server. The replication of data is managed by the plurality of pluggable services using the change log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: John Merrells, Olga Natkovich, Gordon Good, Rich Megginson, Ludovic Poitou, Mark C. Smith