Patents by Inventor Rex Blackwell

Rex Blackwell 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).

  • Deriving a username based on a digital certificate
    Patent number: 9083697
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, Jr., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, Jr., Neal F. Johnson
  • DERIVING A USERNAME BASED ON A DIGITAL CERTIFICATE
    Publication number: 20120304271
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, JR., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, JR., Neal F. Johnson
  • Deriving a username based on a digital certificate
    Patent number: 8266678
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, Jr., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, Jr., Neal F. Johnson
  • Deriving a Username Based on a Digital Certificate
    Publication number: 20090013384
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: AT & T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, JR., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, JR., Neal F. Johnson