Patents by Inventor Marc Edward Zapf

Marc Edward Zapf 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: 10200478
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-login of user(s) to sessions or resources in an information handling system are disclosed. A method for pre-login may include the steps of determining if any users are to be pre-logged on to a session or resource within a select period of time from a current time, and counting the number of users to be pre-logged on. A pre-login time for the users may be calculated and scheduled, and the users may be pre-logged on to the session or resource at the pre-login time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Software Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Franke, Michael McDonald, Marc Edward Zapf
  • Patent number: 9792426
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is performed on a shared-resources system. The method includes creating an anonymous target. The method further includes assigning shared resources to the anonymous target. In addition, the method includes receiving a request for anonymous access from an anonymous user of a client system. The method also includes, responsive to the request, performing the following: generating anonymous-user credentials for the anonymous user; determining the shared resources assigned to the anonymous target; based, at least in part, on the determining, communicating a list of authorized resources to the client system; receiving a request from the client system to access a target resource from the list of authorized resources; and causing an anonymous-user account to be created on the target resource using the anonymous-user credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Software Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Robert Driscoll, Marc Edward Zapf
  • Patent number: 9444808
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining a domain information cache. The method further includes receiving credentials from a client system. The credentials correspond to a user of the client system. The method also includes storing the credentials in a security cookie. In addition, the method includes, based, at least in part, on the domain information cache, resolving the credentials to an authentication server associated with a domain of the user. Also, the method includes authenticating, using the credentials, an identity of the user with the authentication server. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to successful authentication, building a list of groups and users to which the user belongs. Moreover, the method includes compiling a list of authorized resources to which the user has access. In addition, the method includes providing the list of authorized resources to the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Software Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Alexander Sherman, Marc Edward Zapf
  • Patent number: 9197644
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is performed on a multitenant shared-resources system for each managed domain of a plurality of managed domains. The method includes collecting configuration data for the managed domain via a configuration interface provided to an authorized user. The method further includes identifying domain-information sources for the managed domain based, at least in part, on the configuration data. The domain-information sources include a catalog server and an authentication server. In addition, the method includes acquiring domain information for the managed domain from at least one domain-information source of the domain-information sources. Further, the method includes enumerating users for the managed domain. The method also includes assigning at least a portion of the users to shared resources maintained by the multitenant shared-resources system. At least a portion of the plurality of domains have independent security boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Software Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Alexander Sherman, Marc Edward Zapf