Patents by Inventor Mark D. Sisley

Mark D. Sisley 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).

  • Publication number: 20210144147
    Abstract: Methods for externally-delegated access control and authorization of applications and resources are performed by systems and devices. A request for access by a user to a resource of a first application is received from a client device. A memory data structure that associates the resource of the first application with an application identifier and permission information is accessed to obtain the application identifier and the permission information. A query is provided to a second application, identified by the application identifier, which has a different authorization model than the first application. The query includes a user identifier and the permission information. The second application performs a permission check and authorization for the user based on the query. A query response that includes an access indication is the received from the second application. The request is granted or denied based on the access indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Mark D. Sisley, Kerem Yuceturk, Alexandru Dan Burst, David Alexander Blyth, Merwan Vishnu Hade, Samuel L. Banina
  • Patent number: 10897466
    Abstract: Methods for externally-delegated access control and authorization of applications and resources are performed by systems and devices. A request for access by a user to a resource of a first application is received from a client device. A memory data structure that associates the resource of the first application with an application identifier and permission information is accessed to obtain the application identifier and the permission information. A query is provided to a second application, identified by the application identifier, which has a different authorization model than the first application. The query includes a user identifier and the permission information. The second application performs a permission check and authorization for the user based on the query. A query response that includes an access indication is the received from the second application. The request is granted or denied based on the access indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Sisley, Kerem Yuceturk, Alexandru Dan Burst, David Alexander Blyth, Merwan Vishnu Hade, Samuel L. Banina
  • Publication number: 20190306171
    Abstract: Methods for externally-delegated access control and authorization of applications and resources are performed by systems and devices. A request for access by a user to a resource of a first application is received from a client device. A memory data structure that associates the resource of the first application with an application identifier and permission information is accessed to obtain the application identifier and the permission information. A query is provided to a second application, identified by the application identifier, which has a different authorization model than the first application. The query includes a user identifier and the permission information. The second application performs a permission check and authorization for the user based on the query. A query response that includes an access indication is the received from the second application. The request is granted or denied based on the access indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Mark D. Sisley, Kerem Yuceturk, Alexandru Dan Burst, David Alexander Blyth, Merwan Vishnu Hade, Samuel L. Banina