Patents by Inventor Mark F. Hurley

Mark F. Hurley 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: 20110239267
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for password policy enforcement, such as passwords not normally in the administrative domain of the corporation, unlike common local policy enforcement. Password policy enforcement may include the steps of identifying a presentation of a software application user interface, wherein the presentation involves communicating the user interface over the Internet; evaluating the user interface for a presence of a user password field; and in response to a positive detection of the user password field, implementing a compliance process to ensure that any password entered into the user password field is compliant with a corporate policy relating to passwords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: James I.G. Lyne, Mark F. Hurley