Patents by Inventor Todd McKinnon

Todd McKinnon 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: 9146733
    Abstract: Updating integration metadata in a system includes determining at a services management platform that a service provider software code has changed in a manner that affects a canonical feature provided by the service management platform with respect to a service of the service provider to end users, wherein the canonical feature is provided at least in part by interacting with the service provider on the behalf of a user; and implementing at the services management platform, with respect to at least a subset of users, an accommodation that enables the canonical feature to be provided subsequent to the service provider software code having been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Okta, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKinnon, Matthew Mihic
  • Patent number: 9055031
    Abstract: A check in communication is received from an agent running inside a firewall via a permitted firewall communication channel. The check in communication is received via the permitted firewall communication channel without modifying a firewall configuration. The check in communication is responding to with an instruction to be performed by the agent running inside the firewall, where the response is via the permitted firewall communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Okta, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKinnon, Kristoffer J. Grandy
  • Patent number: 8965991
    Abstract: A request is received for a service provider to perform an action associated with a canonical feature. Metadata associated with the service provider is used to interact with the service provider in a way that causes the service provider to perform the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Okta, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKinnon, Matthew Mihic
  • Patent number: 8881129
    Abstract: Updating integration metadata in a multi-tenant system includes determining at a multi-tenant services management platform that a service provider software code has changed in a manner that affects a canonical feature provided by the multi-tenant service management platform with respect to a service of the service provider to end users associated with one or more tenants of the multi-tenant services management platform, wherein the canonical feature is provided at least in part by interacting with the service provider on the behalf of a user; and implementing at the multi-tenant services management platform, with respect to at least a subset of said one or more tenants, an accommodation that enables the canonical feature to be provided subsequent to the service provider software code having been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Okta, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKinnon, Matthew Mihic
  • Patent number: 8839408
    Abstract: A check in communication is received from an agent running inside a firewall via a permitted firewall communication channel. The check in communication is received via the permitted firewall communication channel without modifying a firewall configuration. The check in communication is responding to with an instruction to be performed by the agent running inside the firewall, where the response is via the permitted firewall communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Okta, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKinnon, Kristoffer J. Grandy
  • Patent number: 8799320
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Patent number: 8788532
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Patent number: 8661084
    Abstract: A request is received for a service provider to perform an action associated with a canonical feature. Metadata associated with the service provider is used to interact with the service provider in a way that causes the service provider to perform the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Okta, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKinnon, Matthew Mihic
  • Patent number: 8620876
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120259839
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120260341
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120047570
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Patent number: 8069153
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon
  • Publication number: 20070130130
    Abstract: Network security is enhanced in a multi-tenant database network environment using a query plan detection module to continually poll the database system to locate and raise an alert for suspect query plans. Security also can be enhanced using a firewall system sitting between the application servers and the client systems that records user and organization information for each client request received, compares this with information included in a response from an application server, and verifies that the response is being sent to the appropriate user. Security also can be enhanced using a client-side firewall system with logic executing on the client system that verifies whether a response from an application server is being sent to the appropriate user system by comparing user and organization id information stored at the client with similar information in the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Dave Moellenhoff, Todd McKinnon