Patents by Inventor Mangesh Gondhalekar

Mangesh Gondhalekar 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).

  • Access control for an e-commerce application
    Patent number: 7120698
    Abstract: A system and method for selectively granting access to a target object. In one embodiment, the system includes an object data store, an access control instruction data store, an action data store, a context, and an access determination engine. The object data store includes a plurality of hierarchically structured target objects and a plurality of hierarchically structured actor objects. The access control instruction data store includes a plurality of hierarchically structured access control instructions. The action data store comprising a plurality action objects. The context includes an actor attribute, an action attribute, and a target attribute. The access determination engine configured to selectively grant access to the target object based on a first set of access control instructions having attributes that match the context and a second set of access control instructions having attributes that are hierarchically broader than the attributes of the context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Madhu Krishnapuram, Stayton D. Addison, Jr., Shreenivas G. Kand, Mangesh Gondhalekar
  • Access control for an e-commerce application
    Publication number: 20030055991
    Abstract: A system and method for selectively granting access to a target object. In one embodiment, the system includes an object data store, an access control instruction data store, an action data store, a context, and an access determination engine. The object data store includes a plurality of hierarchically structured target objects and a plurality of hierarchically structured actor objects. The access control instruction data store includes a plurality of hierarchically structured access control instructions. The action data store comprising a plurality action objects. The context includes an actor attribute, an action attribute, and a target attribute. The access determination engine configured to selectively grant access to the target object based on a first set of access control instructions having attributes that match the context and a second set of access control instructions having attributes that are hierarchically broader than the attributes of the context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Madhu Krishnapuram, Stayton D. Addison, Shreenivas G. Kand, Mangesh Gondhalekar