Patents by Inventor Reginal Raynard Hill

Reginal Raynard Hill 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).

  • Authentication referral search for LDAP
    Patent number: 7016897
    Abstract: A method, program and system for authenticating LDAP referral searches are provided. The invention comprises receiving a bind request from a LDAP referred search request and then searching the local directory for an entry corresponding to the distinguished name (DN) of the bind request. If an entry for the bind DN is located within the local directory, the bind request is authenticated. If an entry for the bind DN is not found in the local directory, a defined reference server is checked for the prefix of the bind DN. If the prefix for the bind DN is located in the reference server, the reference server is contacted for authentication, which is performed using a root DN. If an entry for the bind DN is not found in either the local directory or reference server, the bind request cannot be authenticated and is denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reginal Raynard Hill, Shaw-Ben Shepherd Shi
  • Authentication referral search for LDAP
    Publication number: 20020087718
    Abstract: A method, program and system for authenticating LDAP referral searches are provided. The invention comprises receiving a bind request from a LDAP referred search request and then searching the local directory for an entry corresponding to the distinguished name (DN) of the bind request. If an entry for the bind DN is located within the local directory, the bind request is authenticated. If an entry for the bind DN is not found in the local directory, a defined reference server is checked for the prefix of the bind DN. If the prefix for the bind DN is located in the reference server, the reference server is contacted for authentication, which is performed using a root DN. If an entry for the bind DN is not found in either the local directory or reference server, the bind request cannot be authenticated and is denied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Reginal Raynard Hill, Shaw-Ben Shepherd Shi