Patents by Inventor Michael Moerk

Michael Moerk 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).

  • Secure device registration for multi-factor authentication
    Patent number: 10461939
    Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving a request from a first computing device to register another computing device; sending to the first computing device a registration code; receiving the registration code from a second computing device; sending an instruction to the designated application to send a value indicative of access to a cryptographic key; receiving from the designated application the value indicative of access to the cryptographic key; determining, based on the received value, that the received registration code was sent by the designated application and not another untrusted application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Dann M. Church, Michael Moerk, Doreen E. Collins, Joanne Pelkey, Jeff B. Frantz
  • Polymorphic configuration management for shared authorization or authentication protocols
    Patent number: 10387498
    Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving, from a first service-provider computer system, via a network, with an identity-provider computer system, a request to authenticate a user computing device; forming, with the identity-provider computer system, a first reply-configuration specification from a first plurality of configuration components; determining, with the identity-provider computer system, whether to provide authentication; forming, with the identity-provider computer system, based on the first reply-configuration specification, a reply to the request, the reply including a result of the authentication determination; and sending, with the identity-provider computer system, the reply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Moerk, Joanne Pelkey, Doreen Collins, William Pollard, Vinay Jha
  • POLYMORPHIC CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT FOR SHARED AUTHORIZATION OR AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20180234416
    Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving, from a first service-provider computer system, via a network, with an identity-provider computer system, a request to authenticate a user computing device; forming, with the identity-provider computer system, a first reply-configuration specification from a first plurality of configuration components; determining, with the identity-provider computer system, whether to provide authentication; forming, with the identity-provider computer system, based on the first reply-configuration specification, a reply to the request, the reply including a result of the authentication determination; and sending, with the identity-provider computer system, the reply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Moerk, Joanne Pelkey, Doreen Collins, William Pollard, Vinay Jha
  • SECURE DEVICE REGISTRATION FOR MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20180227128
    Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving a request from a first computing device to register another computing device; sending to the first computing device a registration code; receiving the registration code from a second computing device; sending an instruction to the designated application to send a value indicative of access to a cryptographic key; receiving from the designated application the value indicative of access to the cryptographic key; determining, based on the received value, that the received registration code was sent by the designated application and not another untrusted application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Dann M. Church, Michael Moerk, Doreen E. Collins, Joanne Pelkey, Jeff B. Frantz