Patents by Inventor Neil Beesley

Neil Beesley 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).

  • Method for checking user access
    Patent number: 6983377
    Abstract: A trusted agent for enabling the check of the access of a user operating a first computer system controlled by a first security system to software and/or data on a second computer system controlled by a second security system. The trusted agent includes several functions, including: (a) reception of a user-id for the second computer system and transmission of the user-id to the second security system; (b) retrieval of a shared secret, which is registered in the fist security system and in the second security system, from the second security system; and (3) transmission of the shared secret from the trusted agent to the second computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Software AG
    Inventors: Neil Beesley, Dietmar Gaertner, James Holme, Terence Kennedy, Dieter Kessler, Thomas Vogler