Patents by Inventor Steven Sigel
Steven Sigel 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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Publication number: 20220255918Abstract: A user accesses a remote session, the connection to which is managed by a connection broker, according to a single sign-on (SSO) process. The SSO process includes the user entering his or her credentials and being authenticated to the connection broker. In addition to user authentication, the SSO process includes connection broker authentication to confirm that the connection broker is trustworthy. When the connection broker is authenticated, the user credentials are transmitted to the connection broker in a secure manner and the connection broker forwards them onto a machine hosting the remote session so that the user can be logged into the remote session without entering his or her credentials again.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Anthony J. WILKINSON, Per Olov Larsson, Ashley Nuttall, Hans Christenson, Tom Elliott, Steven Sigel, Adam Gross
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Publication number: 20170223010Abstract: A user accesses a remote session, the connection to which is managed by a connection broker, according to a single sign-on (SSO) process. The SSO process includes the user entering his or her credentials and being authenticated to the connection broker. In addition to user authentication, the SSO process includes connection broker authentication to confirm that the connection broker is trustworthy. When the connection broker is authenticated, the user credentials are transmitted to the connection broker in a secure manner and the connection broker forwards them onto a machine hosting the remote session so that the user can be logged into the remote session without entering his or her credentials again.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Anthony J. WILKINSON, Per Olov LARSSON, Ashley NUTTALL, Hans CHRISTENSON, Tom ELLIOTT, Steven SIGEL, Adam GROSS
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Patent number: 9628469Abstract: A user accesses a remote session, the connection to which is managed by a connection broker, according to a single sign-on (SSO) process. The SSO process includes the user entering his or her credentials and being authenticated to the connection broker. In addition to user authentication, the SSO process includes connection broker authentication to confirm that the connection broker is trustworthy. When the connection broker is authenticated, the user credentials are transmitted to the connection broker in a secure manner and the connection broker forwards them onto a machine hosting the remote session so that the user can be logged into the remote session without entering his or her credentials again.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. Wilkinson, Per Olov Larsson, Ashley Nuttall, Hans Christenson, Tom Elliott, Steven Sigel, Adam Gross
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Publication number: 20150200932Abstract: A user accesses a remote session, the connection to which is managed by a connection broker, according to a single sign-on (SSO) process. The SSO process includes the user entering his or her credentials and being authenticated to the connection broker. In addition to user authentication, the SSO process includes connection broker authentication to confirm that the connection broker is trustworthy. When the connection broker is authenticated, the user credentials are transmitted to the connection broker in a secure manner and the connection broker forwards them onto a machine hosting the remote session so that the user can be logged into the remote session without entering his or her credentials again.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Anthony WILKINSON, Per Olov LARSSON, Ashley NUTTALL, Hans CHRISTENSON, Tom ELLIOTT, Steven SIGEL, Adam GROSS
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Patent number: 8955072Abstract: A user accesses a remote session, the connection to which is managed by a connection broker, according to a single sign-on (SSO) process. The SSO process includes the user entering his or her credentials and being authenticated to the connection broker. In addition to user authentication, the SSO process includes connection broker authentication to confirm that the connection broker is trustworthy. When the connection broker is authenticated, the user credentials are transmitted to the connection broker in a secure manner and the connection broker forwards them onto a machine hosting the remote session so that the user can be logged into the remote session without entering his or her credentials again.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Wilkinson, Per Olav Larsson, Ashley Nuttall, Hans Christenson, Tom Elliott, Steven Sigel, Adam G. Gross
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Publication number: 20110107409Abstract: A user accesses a remote session, the connection to which is managed by a connection broker, according to a single sign-on (SSO) process. The SSO process includes the user entering his or her credentials and being authenticated to the connection broker. In addition to user authentication, the SSO process includes connection broker authentication to confirm that the connection broker is trustworthy. When the connection broker is authenticated, the user credentials are transmitted to the connection broker in a secure manner and the connection broker forwards them onto a machine hosting the remote session so that the user can be logged into the remote session without entering his or her credentials again.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Anthony WILKINSON, Per Olav LARSSON, Ashley NUTTALL, Hans CHRISTENSON, Tom ELLIOTT, Steven SIGEL, Adam G. GROSS
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Publication number: 20010047421Abstract: A communication system in which client and server communication systems are coupled over a data network. A request to communicate with one of the server communication systems is accepted and based on an identification of the server communication system in the request, one of a set of transport layer protocols is selected for communication between the client and server systems. The set of transport layer protocols can be determined by retrieving information from a directory service computer, such as an Internet Domain Name Server (DNS), where the address of the directory service computer is related to the identification of the server communication system. In addition, the server communication system can include an address translation table that associates a network address provided by a client communication system with local network addresses of server computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2001Publication date: November 29, 2001Applicant: Sitara Networks, Inc. a Delaware corporationInventors: Manickam R. Sridhar, Boris Boruchovich, Steven Sigel, Sylvain Louchez, Malik Z. Khan, Mary Sabin
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Patent number: 6324582Abstract: A communication system in which client and server communication systems are coupled over a data network. A request to communicate with one of the server communication systems is accepted and based on an identification of the server communication system in the request, one of a set of transport layer protocols is selected for communication between the client and server systems. The set of transport layer protocols can be determined by retrieving information from a directory service computer, such as an Internet Domain Name Server (DNS), where the address of the directory service computer is related to the identification of the server communication system. In addition, the server communication system can include an address translation table that associates a network address provided by a client communication system with local network addresses of server computers.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1998Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: Sitara Networks, Inc.Inventors: Manickam R. Sridhar, Boris Boruchovich, Steven Sigel, Sylvain Louchez, Malik Z. Khan, Mary Sabin
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Patent number: 6098108Abstract: When establishing a communication path between a client system and a server system which are coupled over a data network, the client system accesses distributed directory information in order to determine whether a communication path to the server computer can use an enhanced communication approach, such as an enhanced transport or application layer protocol, and to obtain an address of a second server system which will provide communication services needed to communicate using the enhanced communication approach. By using distributed information, and in particular by distributing the information at the server systems themselves, the invention reduces or eliminates the reliance on critical points of failure or congestion, such as a Internet Domain Name Server (DNS) or a centralized repository of information related to the enhanced communication.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Sitara Networks, Inc.Inventors: Manickam R. Sridhar, Boris Boruchovich, Steven Sigel, Sylvain Louchez, Malik Z. Khan