Patents by Inventor Mark J. Braksator

Mark J. Braksator 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: 10938827
    Abstract: An identity management system is augmented to provide for automated provisioning of user accounts. A user account is autoprovisioned based on detected attribute patterns. A set of existing account information is retrieved. A software module resident in a computer memory performs pattern matching on the retrieved set of existing account information to extract attribute information in the retrieved set of existing account information and on the extracted attribute information to discover a first attribute pattern. Next, an account template is generated according to the discovered attribute patterns. Using the generated account template, a new account on the first target is created giving the first user access to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J Braksator, Soke-Wan Chua
  • Publication number: 20190334915
    Abstract: An identity management system is augmented to provide for automated provisioning of user accounts. A user account is autoprovisioned based on detected attribute patterns. A set of existing account information is retrieved. A software module resident in a computer memory performs pattern matching on the retrieved set of existing account information to extract attribute information in the retrieved set of existing account information and on the extracted attribute information to discover a first attribute pattern. Next, an account template is generated according to the discovered attribute patterns. Using the generated account template, a new account on the first target is created giving the first user access to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Mark J Braksator, Soke-Wan Chau
  • Patent number: 10397237
    Abstract: A set of existing account information belonging to respective user accounts of a first set of users is retrieved. Pattern matching is performed by an attribute pattern discovery component on the retrieved set of existing account information to discover attribute patterns in the retrieved set of existing account information. A first pattern matching process extracts user attribute information in the retrieved set of existing account information and a second pattern matching process discovers at least a first attribute pattern within the extracted user attribute information. An account template is generated according to the first discovered attribute pattern. The generated account template is used to create a new account on the first target for a first user where the first user is not a member of the first set of users. The first user is granted access to the first target using the created new account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J Braksator, Soke-Wan Chau
  • Publication number: 20180234428
    Abstract: A set of existing account information belonging to respective user accounts of a first set of users is retrieved. Pattern matching is performed by an attribute pattern discovery component on the retrieved set of existing account information to discover attribute patterns in the retrieved set of existing account information. A first pattern matching process extracts user attribute information in the retrieved set of existing account information and a second pattern matching process discovers at least a first attribute pattern within the extracted user attribute information. An account template is generated according to the first discovered attribute pattern. The generated account template is used to create a new account on the first target for a first user where the first user is not a member of the first set of users. The first user is granted access to the first target using the created new account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Mark J Braksator, Soke-Wan Chau
  • Patent number: 9979733
    Abstract: An identity management system is augmented to provide for automated provisioning of user accounts in an IAM system. A user account is autoprovisioned based on detected attribute patterns. Responsive to a user request from a requesting user for access to a first target, it is determined that access will require a creation of a new account on the first target. A set of existing account information is retrieved. The retrieved set of existing account information is analyzed to discover attribute patterns in the existing account information. Next, an account template is generated according to the discovered attribute patterns. Using the generated account template, a new account on the first target is created giving the user access to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J Braksator, Soke-Wan Chau
  • Publication number: 20170093872
    Abstract: An identity management system is augmented to provide for automated provisioning of user accounts in an IAM system. A user account is autoprovisioned based on detected attribute patterns. Responsive to a user request from a requesting user for access to a first target, it is determined that access will require a creation of a new account on the first target. A set of existing account information is retrieved. The retrieved set of existing account information is analyzed to discover attribute patterns in the existing account information. Next, an account template is generated according to the discovered attribute patterns. Using the generated account template, a new account on the first target is created giving the user access to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mark J Braksator, Soke-Wan Chau
  • Patent number: 9298767
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for calculating state of cryptographic objects and generating search filters for querying cryptographic objects based on the given state or on the given combination of unique states. The mechanism to calculate a state of a cryptographic object allows an application or system to resolve the current state of any cryptographic object with the following set of state altering date values: initial date, activation date, deactivation date, compromise date, and destroy date. A processing module may retrieve the state meta-data and calculate the current state of a given cryptographic object. The current state may be, for example, one of the following: unknown, pre-active, active, deactivated, compromised, destroyed, and destroyed-compromised. The mechanism to generate a search filter may generate a search query language (SQL) search filter to query for cryptographic objects using the state altering date values stored for each object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J. Braksator, Bruce A. Rich
  • Publication number: 20160087788
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for calculating state of cryptographic objects and generating search filters for querying cryptographic objects based on the given state or on the given combination of unique states. The mechanism to calculate a state of a cryptographic object allows an application or system to resolve the current state of any cryptographic object with the following set of state altering date values: initial date, activation date, deactivation date, compromise date, and destroy date. A processing module may retrieve the state meta-data and calculate the current state of a given cryptographic object. The current state may be, for example, one of the following: unknown, pre-active, active, deactivated, compromised, destroyed, and destroyed-compromised. The mechanism to generate a search filter may generate a search query language (SQL) search filter to query for cryptographic objects using the state altering date values stored for each object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J. Braksator, Bruce A. Rich