Patents by Inventor Thomas Foyle

Thomas Foyle 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).

  • Security credentials management for client applications
    Patent number: 11269987
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for security credentials management for client applications. The method includes: detecting a user is entering security credentials for authentication of a client application; hashing at least a portion of the entered credentials to obtain current hashed credentials and storing the current hashed credentials; and comparing the current hashed credentials to previously stored hashed credentials for the client application. If the current hashed credentials and the previously stored hashed credentials match, the method may store the credentials for automatic completion of the credentials for the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sophie D. Green, David James Nice, Ledina Hido-Evans, Stewart O. M. Francis, Thomas Foyle
  • SECURITY CREDENTIALS MANAGEMENT FOR CLIENT APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210073370
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for security credentials management for client applications. The method includes: detecting a user is entering security credentials for authentication of a client application; hashing at least a portion of the entered credentials to obtain current hashed credentials and storing the current hashed credentials; and comparing the current hashed credentials to previously stored hashed credentials for the client application. If the current hashed credentials and the previously stored hashed credentials match, the method may store the credentials for automatic completion of the credentials for the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sophie D. Green, DAVID JAMES NICE, Ledina Hido-Evans, Stewart O. M. Francis, Thomas Foyle