Patents by Inventor Prada VENKATACHALAM

Prada VENKATACHALAM 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).

  • Seamless authentication mechanism for user processes and web services residing on common host
    Patent number: 9742759
    Abstract: Techniques are presented herein for authenticating local process to a web service, both executing on a common host computer server. The local process may present a self-signed certificate to the web service. In response, the web service may identify a file system directory on the first computer server containing a file storing the self-signed certificate. If the subject information identifying the owner of the process matches file system metadata indicating an owner of the file, then the web service may consider the process as being authenticated to the web service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Pandu Vangara, Priyanka Luthra, Prada Venkatachalam
  • SEAMLESS AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM FOR USER PROCESSES AND WEB SERVICES RESIDING ON COMMON HOST
    Publication number: 20150350195
    Abstract: Techniques are presented herein for authenticating local process to a web service, both executing on a common host computer server. The local process may present a self-signed certificate to the web service. In response, the web service may identify a file system directory on the first computer server containing a file storing the self-signed certificate. If the subject information identifying the owner of the process matches file system metadata indicating an owner of the file, then the web service may consider the process as being authenticated to the web service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Pandu VANGARA, Priyanka LUTHRA, Prada VENKATACHALAM