Patents by Inventor Quentin Cleveland Bracken

Quentin Cleveland Bracken 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).

  • Digital security certificate selection and distribution
    Patent number: 10320570
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, services, platforms, and methods are discussed herein that provide digital security services and enhance digital security certificate issuance for communication systems. In one example, a digital security platform is presented that includes a client interface service configured to receive requests for digital security certificates from one or more requesting entities. The digital security platform includes a certificate service configured to process the requests against evaluation criteria to select certificate authorities to handle the requests, and handler processes configured to interface with associated ones of the selected certificate authorities for issuance and delivery of the digital security certificates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Quentin Cleveland Bracken, Dawn Murphy Lamb
  • DIGITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20180062855
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, services, platforms, and methods are discussed herein that provide digital security services and enhance digital security certificate issuance for communication systems. In one example, a digital security platform is presented that includes a client interface service configured to receive requests for digital security certificates from one or more requesting entities. The digital security platform includes a certificate service configured to process the requests against evaluation criteria to select certificate authorities to handle the requests, and handler processes configured to interface with associated ones of the selected certificate authorities for issuance and delivery of the digital security certificates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Quentin Cleveland Bracken, Dawn Murphy Lamb