Patents by Inventor Timothy C. Crabb

Timothy C. Crabb 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling creation and management of pages of portal content in a directory
    Patent number: 7149960
    Abstract: Portal pages and overlays are assigned globally unique identifiers (GUIDs). Users are granted permission to view portal pages and overlays by having their user object in the container hierarchy be associated with the GUIDs. User objects can be directly associated with the GUIDs, or can inherit the GUIDs from a container or group. Once the user object is (directly or indirectly) associated with the GUID assigned to a portal page or overlay, the user can view the portal page or overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew G. Brooks, Shawn Matthew Holmstead, Timothy C. Crabb, Timothy P. Schmanski, Shawn C. Lynn, Boyd H Timothy