Patents by Inventor Mouaz Allababidi

Mouaz Allababidi 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).

  • Integrated user profile administration tool
    Patent number: 9558341
    Abstract: A computer system is provided including a single sign-on system with applications and a data store storing user profiles, each including a user ID, wherein each of the user profiles has a corresponding application password for one or more of the applications, and a user profile administration tool. The user profile administration tool includes a password provisioning section where an administrator selects a user profile and further selects an application type. The application type includes an application type wherein the administrator resets the password for one or more of the applications. The application type also includes a stand-alone application type wherein the administrator resets a password for a stand-alone application. The user profile administration tool further includes a password synchronizing section wherein the user profile administration tool automatically synchronizes the application passwords with each of the corresponding user profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Mouaz Allababidi, Balagurunathan Balasubramanian, Kenneth J. Golden, Shrikant D. Jannu, Nadirshah N. Jivani
  • Hybrid role-based discretionary access control
    Patent number: 7827615
    Abstract: A method for access control is provided. A request is received from an administrator to modify a user role for a user. Whether the user is in a user group that belongs exclusively to the administrator is determined. Whether the administrator role permits the request is determined in response to a determination that the user is in the user group. The user role is modified based on the request in response to a determination that the administrator role permits the request, wherein the user accesses a resource based on the user role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Mouaz Allababidi, Balagurunathan Balasubramanian, Bharath N. Kuruvalli, Lih-Jong Ma, Paul L. Taylor
  • Business-to-business security integration
    Patent number: 7334254
    Abstract: A system for controlling access to computing resources within an enterprise. The system can consist of a web server and a web security agent controlling access to URLs, a security gatekeeper and an access server controlling access to APIs, and a core security framework used by both the web server and web security agent and the security gatekeeper and access server to store security data and policies and make security decisions. The access server can be a SOAP server. The core security framework can consist of a policy store, a data store, and a policy server, where the data store can be a relational database or a directory. A session token can be attached to an approved request for access to an API and can provide access to the API for the duration of a session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Boydstun, Bala Balasubramanian, Mouaz Allababidi, Rohit D. Janu