Patents by Inventor Robert L. Astle

Robert L. Astle 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).

  • Method and apparatus for associating privileges with people in an organization
    Patent number: 8473321
    Abstract: A technique for associating privileges to people within an organization involves: maintaining for each of a plurality of objects an identification of an owner; maintaining for each of the objects an identification of at least one privilege associated therewith; and defining a role associated with a selected owner, the role identifying a privilege set containing at least one of the privileges, and the role having a criteria that defines which of a plurality of subjects are eligible to enjoy the privilege set, each privilege in the privilege set being associated with one of the objects associated with the selected owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert L. Astle, Robert W. Miller
  • Method and apparatus for associating privileges with people in an organization
    Publication number: 20040059587
    Abstract: A technique for associating privileges to people within an organization involves: maintaining for each of a plurality of objects an identification of an owner; maintaining for each of the objects an identification of at least one privilege associated therewith; and defining a role associated with a selected owner, the role identifying a privilege set containing at least one of the privileges, and the role having a criteria that defines which of a plurality of subjects are eligible to enjoy the privilege set, each privilege in the privilege set being associated with one of the objects associated with the selected owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Robert L. Astle, Robert W. Miller