Patents by Inventor Steven L. SPAK

Steven L. SPAK 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 and method for applications to share single sign on through lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) integration
    Patent number: 11363008
    Abstract: The techniques described herein may be used to provide a user with access to distinct applications (with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication) based on a single set of user credentials from the user. A server may receive user credentials from a user device. The server may authenticate the user of the user device by communicating with an LDAP server. After the user has been authenticated, the server may detect a request from the user device to access a first application with LDAP authentication. The server may create temporary credentials for the user, provide the temporary credentials to the application, receive an authentication request (that includes the temporary credentials) from the application, and authenticate the user based on a local copy of the temporary credentials. If/when the user requests access to a second application, the server may authenticate the user for the second application in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Minbao Li, Doug Shock, Steven L. Spak, Wei Liu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATIONS TO SHARE SINGLE SIGN ON THROUGH LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS PROTOCOL (LDAP) INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20200092280
    Abstract: The techniques described herein may be used to provide a user with access to distinct applications (with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication) based on a single set of user credentials from the user. A server may receive user credentials from a user device. The server may authenticate the user of the user device by communicating with an LDAP server. After the user has been authenticated, the server may detect a request from the user device to access a first application with LDAP authentication. The server may create temporary credentials for the user, provide the temporary credentials to the application, receive an authentication request (that includes the temporary credentials) from the application, and authenticate the user based on a local copy of the temporary credentials. If/when the user requests access to a second application, the server may authenticate the user for the second application in a similar manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Minbao Li, Doug Shock, Steven L. Spak, Wei Liu
  • System and method for applications to share single sign on through lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) integration
    Patent number: 10523655
    Abstract: The techniques described herein may be used to provide a user with access to distinct applications (with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication) based on a single set of user credentials from the user. A server may receive user credentials from a user device. The server may authenticate the user of the user device by communicating with an LDAP server. After the user has been authenticated, the server may detect a request from the user device to access a first application with LDAP authentication. The server may create temporary credentials for the user, provide the temporary credentials to the application, receive an authentication request (that includes the temporary credentials) from the application, and authenticate the user based on a local copy of the temporary credentials. If/when the user requests access to a second application, the server may authenticate the user for the second application in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Minbao Li, Doug Shock, Steven L. Spak, Wei Liu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATIONS TO SHARE SINGLE SIGN ON THROUGH LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS PROTOCOL (LDAP) INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20180309748
    Abstract: The techniques described herein may be used to provide a user with access to distinct applications (with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication) based on a single set of user credentials from the user. A server may receive user credentials from a user device. The server may authenticate the user of the user device by communicating with an LDAP server. After the user has been authenticated, the server may detect a request from the user device to access a first application with LDAP authentication. The server may create temporary credentials for the user, provide the temporary credentials to the application, receive an authentication request (that includes the temporary credentials) from the application, and authenticate the user based on a local copy of the temporary credentials. If/when the user requests access to a second application, the server may authenticate the user for the second application in a similar manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Minbao Li, Doug Shock, Steven L. Spak, Wei Liu
  • Mitigating denial of service attacks on call centers
    Patent number: 9060053
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a call destined for a call center, and provides an audio CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to Tell Computer and Humans Apart) to the user device in response to the call. The device also receives, from the user device, a response to the audio CAPTCHA, and determines whether the response is correct. The device forwards the call to the call center when the response is correct, and drops the call when the response is incorrect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Rados, Lin Sun, Steven L. Spak
  • MITIGATING DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS ON CALL CENTERS
    Publication number: 20130216027
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a call destined for a call center, and provides an audio CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to Tell Computer and Humans Apart) to the user device in response to the call. The device also receives, from the user device, a response to the audio CAPTCHA, and determines whether the response is correct. The device forwards the call to the call center when the response is correct, and drops the call when the response is incorrect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. RADOS, Lin SUN, Steven L. SPAK