Patents by Inventor Margaret A. Bachman

Margaret A. Bachman 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).

  • System and method for session management
    Patent number: 5907621
    Abstract: Apparatus and method is disclosed for providing user session continuity over several transactions being conducted on the internet. A secure token is made part of each HTML page sent to a user from the server computer and the token is returned to the server with each submitted transaction request. The token is compared with token information originally sent out. The submitted request is recognized as being from an authorized user if the token and a session table have the same information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret A. Bachman, Brian D. Jessup, Timidthy Sanford McKnight, Don Cameron Shoff