Patents by Inventor Tom Speeter

Tom Speeter 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).

  • System and method for delegating a user authentication process for a networked application to an authentication agent
    Patent number: 7877492
    Abstract: A system and method for delegating a user authentication process for a networked application to an authentication proxy. A networked application may request a user to provide authentication information in order to access the application. Upon receiving this authentication information from the user, the client side of the networked application sends the information to the server side of the networked application. The server side of the application may then determine an appropriate authentication agent associated with the user to delegate the authentication process to. For example, for each application user, the server side of the application may maintain information associated with the user, such as the user's employer. The application may then match this employer information to an authentication agent running in the employer's network domain, and the authentication process may then be delegated to this authentication agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: WebMD Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Chawla, Marco Framba, Venky Talla, Tom Speeter
  • System and method for delegating a user authentication process for a networked application to an authentication agent
    Publication number: 20040168090
    Abstract: A system and method for delegating a user authentication process for a networked application to an authentication proxy. A networked application may request a user to provide authentication information in order to access the application. Upon receiving this authentication information from the user, the client side of the networked application sends the information to the server side of the networked application. The server side of the application may then determine an appropriate authentication agent associated with the user to delegate the authentication process to. For example, for each application user, the server side of the application may maintain information associated with the user, such as the user's employer. The application may then match this employer information to an authentication agent running in the employer's network domain, and the authentication process may then be delegated to this authentication agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: WebMD Corp.
    Inventors: Rajeev Chawla, Marco Framba, Venky Talla, Tom Speeter