Patents by Inventor Marc A. Sherman

Marc A. Sherman 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).

  • Patent number: 9398013
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing a user to access enterprise resources comprising authentication devices and an authentication server. The authentication devices allow a user to enter authentication data. The authentication server is in communication with the authentication devices. The authentication server comprises a policy database storing a policy. The policy comprises guidelines including a first guideline establishes a qualification necessary for the user to access enterprise resources and a second guideline establishes a qualification necessary for the user to activate a silent signal. The authentication server is adapted to request assistance for the user if the silent signal is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Peter Garrett Bianco, William Taylor Boon, Anthony C. Rochon, Marc A. Sherman, Robert Brewster Sterling, Karl Roger Ware
  • Publication number: 20140310766
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing a user to access enterprise resources comprising authentication devices and an authentication server. The authentication devices allow a user to enter authentication data. The authentication server is in communication with the authentication devices. The authentication server comprises a policy database storing a policy. The policy comprises guidelines including a first guideline establishes a qualification necessary for the user to access enterprise resources and a second guideline establishes a qualification necessary for the user to activate a silent signal. The authentication server is adapted to request assistance for the user if the silent signal is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Garrett Bianco, William Taylor Boon, Anthony C. Rochon, Marc A. Sherman, Robert Brewster Sterling, Karl Roger Ware
  • Patent number: 8707388
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing a user to access enterprise resources comprising authentication devices and an authentication server. The authentication devices allow a user to enter authentication data. The authentication server is in communication with the authentication devices. The authentication server comprises a policy database storing a policy. The policy comprises guidelines including a first guideline establishes a qualification necessary for the user to access enterprise resources and a second guideline establishes a qualification necessary for the user to activate a silent signal. The authentication server is adapted to request assistance for the user if the silent signal is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Peter Garrett Bianco, William Taylor Boon, Anthony C. Rochon, Marc A. Sherman, Robert Brewster Sterling, Karl Roger Ware
  • Patent number: 8132226
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product that utilizes measurements for the authentication of users to enterprise resources. The system includes an authentication server that stores the engine and collections of data required by the system to authenticate users. The collections of data include templates, policies, groups, device IDS, user IDS, computer IDS and application IDS. In the present invention, it is the policies that determine the way or method in which a user is to be authenticated by the system. The pre-defined polices include an OR policy, an AND policy, a CONTINGENT policy, a RANDOM policy and a THRESHOLD policy, a multi-user policy, a multi-location policy, a multi-template policy, a user dependent policy, a location restriction policy, and a computer/device specific policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Peter Garrett Bianco, William Taylor Boon, Anthony C. Rochon, Marc A. Sherman, Robert Brewster Sterling, Karl Roger Ware
  • Patent number: 7305562
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product that utilizes measurements for the authentication of users to enterprise resources. The system includes an authentication server that stores the engine and collections of data required by the system to authenticate users. The collections of data include templates, policies, groups, device IDs, user IDs, computer IDs and application IDs. In the present invention, it is the policies that determine the way or method in which a user is to be authenticated by the system. The pre-defined polices include an OR policy, an AND policy, a CONTINGENT policy, a RANDOM policy and a THRESHOLD policy, a multi-user policy, a multi-location policy, a multi-template policy, a user dependent policy, a location restriction policy, and a computer/device specific policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Peter Garrett Bianco, William Taylor Boon, Anthony C. Rochon, Marc A. Sherman, Robert Brewster Sterling, Karl Roger Ware