Patents by Inventor Patrick R. Eaton

Patrick R. Eaton 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).

  • Federating data between groups of servers
    Patent number: 8627446
    Abstract: Accessing data includes determining if the data is provided on a local group of servers or on an external group of servers. If the data is provided on a local group of servers, a storage server is used to access the data. If the data is provided on an external group of servers, a proxy server is used to access the data. The proxy server interacts with an entity accessing the data in a manner that is substantially similar to interaction between the entity and the storage server. Using the proxy server may include initially providing an account id and a password. Following providing an account id and a password, using the proxy server may include using an account id and a shared secret. Using the proxy server may include using RSA ID tokens or cryptographic certificates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick R. Eaton, Zane Pan, Rossen Dimitrov