Patents by Inventor Trent N. Skeel

Trent N. Skeel 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 user authentication
    Patent number: 8732795
    Abstract: A computer-implemented authentication method is described. The method includes the steps of (a) receiving an authentication request at an authentication computing system, the request including a resource identifier, (b) identifying one or more authentication pools associated with the resource identifier, each authentication pool including at least one authentication method implementation, (c) executing a pool authentication process for the one or more identified authentication pools, and (d) transmitting a response to the identification authentication request based on the execution of the pool authentication process for the one or more identified authentication pools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Epic Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Trent N. Skeel, Eric W. Cooper, Travis Keshav
  • System And Method For User Authentication
    Publication number: 20110289572
    Abstract: A computer-implemented authentication method is described. The method includes the steps of (a) receiving an authentication request at an authentication computing system, the request including a resource identifier, (b) identifying one or more authentication pools associated with the resource identifier, each authentication pool including at least one authentication method implementation, (c) executing a pool authentication process for the one or more identified authentication pools, and (d) transmitting a response to the identification authentication request based on the execution of the pool authentication process for the one or more identified authentication pools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Trent N. Skeel, Eric W. Cooper, Travis Keshav