Patents by Inventor Robert P. Karaban
Robert P. Karaban 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).
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Patent number: 11829913Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, activities of users within an IT service end user are recorded. A given record of a user activity may include an output of a command executed by the user, and execution information, input parameter(s) to the command, output of the command, and/or any other type of execution information. In implementations, intelligence may be built into a proxy module corresponding to the command to track an execution of the command started by the user. The execution of the command is captured and stored in a buffer such that another user within the IT service end user can review the execution of the command. In another aspect, user interfaces are provided to facilitate a user within an IT service end user to review activities in administering IT services by another user within the IT service end user.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SkyKick, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Rayner, Evan Richman, Bradley Younge, Robert P. Karaban, John Dennis, Todd Schwartz, Darren D. Peterson, Peter Joseph Wilkins, Matthew Steven Hintzke, Sergii Semenov, Alex Zammitt, Philip Pittle
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Patent number: 11741410Abstract: In one aspect, just-in-time authentication is provided to assist an administrator or staff of an IT service end user to invoke a function call to a service. The just-time-authentication can provide on-the-fly authentication to the service. In another aspect, granular permissions in executing a task or tasks for a service is enabled for a given administrator or staff of an IT service end user. In some embodiments, the granular permission involves assigning permissions to users either directly or indirectly via a mediating abstraction (such as groups, roles, etc.). Still in another aspect, stateful execution of a command/function call to a service is provided. In the stateful execution, the command/function call to the service is associated with a key, which can comprise a session id, a function name, a count of function executions for current session, and hash of input parameters for the command/function call, and/or any other information.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SkyKick, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Rayner, Evan Richman, Bradley Younge, Robert P. Karaban, John Dennis, Todd Schwartz, Darren D. Peterson, Peter Joseph Wilkins, Matthew Steven Hintzke, Sergii Semenov, Alex Zammitt, Philip Pittie
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Publication number: 20210224300Abstract: An information retrieval method for cloud service administration is provided. The method may include establishing a connection with a semantic database. In some embodiments, the semantic database is configured to store information for different cloud services, and the information includes information regarding a first cloud service and information regarding a second cloud service. In some embodiments, the information regarding the first cloud service includes a first entity information and the information regarding the second cloud service includes a second entity information. The method further includes transmitting to the semantic database a request to obtain information regarding an asset. Then the method may include receiving from the semantic database an indication that first entity information and the second entity information being linked and being both related to the asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: SKYKICK, INC.Inventors: Christopher Rayner, Evan Richman, Bradley Younge, Robert P. Karaban, John Dennis, Todd Schwartz, Darren D. Peterson, Peter Joseph Wilkins, Matthew Steven Hintzke, Sergii Semenov, Alex Zammitt, Philip Pittle
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Publication number: 20210226957Abstract: In one aspect, just-in-time authentication is provided to assist an administrator or staff of an IT service end user to invoke a function call to a service. The just-time-authentication can provide on-the-fly authentication to the service. In another aspect, granular permissions in executing a task or tasks for a service is enabled for a given administrator or staff of an IT service end user. In some embodiments, the granular permission involves assigning permissions to users either directly or indirectly via a mediating abstraction (such as groups, roles, etc.). Still in another aspect, stateful execution of a command/function call to a service is provided. In the stateful execution, the command/function call to the service is associated with a key, which can comprise a session id, a function name, a count of function executions for current session, and hash of input parameters for the command/function call, and/or any other information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: SKYKICK, INC.Inventors: Christopher Rayner, Evan Richman, Bradlley Younge, Robert P. Karaban, John Dennis, Todd Schwartz, Darren D. Peterson, Peter Joseph Wilkins, Matthew Steven Hintzke, Sergii Semevov, Alex Zammitt, Philip Pittle
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Publication number: 20210224712Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, activities of users within an IT service end user are recorded. A given record of a user activity may include an output of a command executed by the user, and execution information, input parameter(s) to the command, output of the command, and/or any other type of execution information. In implementations, intelligence may be built into a proxy module corresponding to the command to track an execution of the command started by the user. The execution of the command is captured and stored in a buffer such that another user within the IT service end user can review the execution of the command. In another aspect, user interfaces are provided to facilitate a user within an IT service end user to review activities in administering IT services by another user within the IT service end user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: SKYKICK, INC.Inventors: Christopher Rayner, Evan Richman, Bradley Younge, Robert P. Karaban, John Dennis, Todd Schwartz, Darren D. Peterson, Peter Joseph Wilkins, Matthew Steven Hintzke, Sergii Semenov, Alex Zammitt, Philip Pittle
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Patent number: 10778669Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring an email client during a migration process. An client-side assistant can be deployed to an end-user's computer via a migration platform. After being deployed to a particular client computer, the client-side assistant can be configured to obtain user information to identify the end-user associated with the client computer. After identifying the end-user, destination system information regarding the end-user can be pushed to client computer for inclusion in new configuration information for the email client. Before generating the new configuration information, user credential for logging into the source system can be obtained. The client-side assistant can be configured to cause the destination system to confirm this credential. After generating the new configuration information, the client-side assistant can instruct the client-side assistant to use the new configuration information to at a specific time and date.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SKYKICK, INC.Inventors: John Dennis, Evan Richman, Todd Schwartz, Bradley Younge, Trent Robert Schwartz, Robert P. Karaban, Richard James Tett, Bernard Clark, Christopher Rayner
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Patent number: 10771452Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring an email client during a migration process. An client-side assistant can be deployed to an end-user's computer via a migration platform. After being deployed to a particular client computer, the client-side assistant can be configured to obtain user information to identify the end-user associated with the client computer. After identifying the end-user, destination system information regarding the end-user can be pushed to client computer for inclusion in new configuration information for the email client. Before generating the new configuration information, user credential for logging into the source system can be obtained. The client-side assistant can be configured to cause the destination system to confirm this credential. After generating the new configuration information, the client-side assistant can instruct the client-side assistant to use the new configuration information to at a specific time and date.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: SKYKICK, INC.Inventors: John Dennis, Evan Richman, Todd Schwartz, Bradley Younge, Trent Robert Schwartz, Robert P. Karaban, Richard James Tett, Bernard Clark, Christopher Rayner
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Publication number: 20180351940Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring an email client during a migration process. An client-side assistant can be deployed to an end-user's computer via a migration platform. After being deployed to a particular client computer, the client-side assistant can be configured to obtain user information to identify the end-user associated with the client computer. After identifying the end-user, destination system information regarding the end-user can be pushed to client computer for inclusion in new configuration information for the email client. Before generating the new configuration information, user credential for logging into the source system can be obtained. The client-side assistant can be configured to cause the destination system to confirm this credential. After generating the new configuration information, the client-side assistant can instruct the client-side assistant to use the new configuration information to at a specific time and date.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: SKYKICK, INC.Inventors: John DENNIS, Evan RICHMAN, Todd SCHWARTZ, Bradley YOUNGE, Trent Robert SCHWARTZ, Robert P. KARABAN, Richard James TETT, Bernard CLARK, Christopher RAYNER
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Publication number: 20160261584Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring an email client during a migration process. An client-side assistant can be deployed to an end-user's computer via a migration platform. After being deployed to a particular client computer, the client-side assistant can be configured to obtain user information to identify the end-user associated with the client computer. After identifying the end-user, destination system information regarding the end-user can be pushed to client computer for inclusion in new configuration information for the email client. Before generating the new configuration information, user credential for logging into the source system can be obtained. The client-side assistant can be configured to cause the destination system to confirm this credential. After generating the new configuration information, the client-side assistant can instruct the client-side assistant to use the new configuration information to at a specific time and date.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: SkyKick, Inc.Inventors: John Dennis, Evan Richman, Todd Schwartz, Bradley Younge, Trent Robert Schwartz, Robert P. Karaban, Richard James Tett, Bernard Clark, Christopher Rayner