Patents by Inventor Robert Blair Edwards, Jr.

Robert Blair Edwards, Jr. 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).

  • Methods for authenticating a user's credentials against multiple sets of credentials
    Patent number: 7496952
    Abstract: Provided are methods for authenticating the identity of a user for use in a distributed computer network including multiple sets of access credentials. A user request, including the user's input credentials, is received, and then compared simultaneously to multiple sets of access credentials in order to verify the user's input credentials. When the user's input credentials are verified, the appropriate level of access authority is then determined, and proper access is granted to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Blair Edwards, Jr., Michael Allen Kaczmarski, Omar Bond Vargas