Patents by Inventor Steve O. Chew

Steve O. Chew 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).

  • System, method and computer program product for authenticating users using a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory server
    Patent number: 7861285
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for providing authentication to a firewall using a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory server is disclosed. The firewall can be configured through a graphical user interface to implement an authentication scheme. The authentication scheme is based upon a determination of whether at least part of one or more LDAP entries satisfy an authorization filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ashoff, Steve O. Chew, Jeffrey J. Graham, Andrew J. Mullican
  • System, method and computer program product for authenticating users using a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory server
    Patent number: 7185361
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for providing authentication to a firewall using a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory server is disclosed. The firewall can be configured through a graphical user interface to implement an authentication scheme. The authentication scheme is based upon a determination of whether at least part of one or more LDAP entries satisfy an authorization filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Secure Computing Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ashoff, Steve O. Chew, Jeffrey J. Graham, Andrew J. Mullican