Patents by Inventor Steven L. Hiskey

Steven L. Hiskey 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).

  • Identification security elevation
    Patent number: 8544083
    Abstract: Security elevation techniques are described. In an implementation, a request is received for additional security access beyond that which is currently specified for a program. An identity that describes the program is checked with a plurality of conditions. The security level is automatically elevated to grant the additional security access when the identity corresponds to one of the conditions that indicates that the security level is to be automatically elevated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Karthik Jaganathan, Tanmoy Dutta, Eric C Perlin, Steven L. Hiskey, Cezar Ungureanasu
  • Identification Security Elevation
    Publication number: 20100212008
    Abstract: Security elevation techniques are described. In an implementation, a request is received for additional security access beyond that which is currently specified for a program. An identity that describes the program is checked with a plurality of conditions. The security level is automatically elevated to grant the additional security access when the identity corresponds to one of the conditions that indicates that the security level is to be automatically elevated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Karthik Jaganathan, Tanmoy Dutta, Eric C. Perlin, Steven L. Hiskey, Cezar Ungureanasu