Patents by Inventor Thomas Crandall

Thomas Crandall 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).

  • Patent number: 11979376
    Abstract: A method of and system for utilizing an access token to authenticate a client device for accessing a resource server include generating a session key for a communication session between the device and a resource server, deriving a nonce from the session key, and transmitting a request to an identity platform for authenticating the device to access the resource server, where the request includes the nonce. Upon confirmation of authentication, the method and system may include receiving an access token from the identity platform, the access token including information that confirms authentication of the device, and transmitting the access token to the resource server to enable access to the resource server, where the access token includes the nonce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Gavin Jowett, Andrew Albert Hodgkinson, Lance Vernon Crandall, Jeffrey Scott Pinkston
  • Patent number: 8172242
    Abstract: A workstation includes a cart, a generally elongated linear actuator carried by the cart, a support arm assembly comprising a rail support arm adjustably carried by the linear actuator, a camera support rail adjustably carried by the rail support arm along an axis generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the linear actuator and an arm motor engaging the rail support arm. The rail support arm traverses the linear actuator responsive to operation of the arm motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Crandall
  • Patent number: D1027993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrez Enrrique Aguayo, Ian V. Bambao, Dylan Otto Boelte, Punya Slok Chatterjee, Benjamin Thomas Christie, Caroline J. Crandall, Anton Davydov, Martin Douglas Kane, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Ricky-Lee Richards