Patents by Inventor Varun Sankar Sankar

Varun Sankar Sankar 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).

  • Database application password rotation with reduced downtime
    Patent number: 11829501
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to methods that include an authentication management process, executing on a computer system, authorizing a plurality of applications to access a database, and sending one or more passcodes to the authorized applications. In response to an authentication update request, the method further includes selecting a new passcode for accessing the database, and sending, to a plurality of applications authorized to access the database, a notification that the new passcode is available. In response to a request from a particular application, the method also includes sending the new passcode to the particular application. The method further includes determining that each of the plurality of applications has retrieved the new passcode. In response to the determining, the method also includes enabling the new passcode for use by the plurality of applications for accessing the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Varun Sankar Sankar, Kenneth Kang
  • Database Application Password Rotation with Reduced Downtime
    Publication number: 20220366068
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to methods that include an authentication management process, executing on a computer system, authorizing a plurality of applications to access a database, and sending one or more passcodes to the authorized applications. In response to an authentication update request, the method further includes selecting a new passcode for accessing the database, and sending, to a plurality of applications authorized to access the database, a notification that the new passcode is available. In response to a request from a particular application, the method also includes sending the new passcode to the particular application. The method further includes determining that each of the plurality of applications has retrieved the new passcode. In response to the determining, the method also includes enabling the new passcode for use by the plurality of applications for accessing the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Varun Sankar Sankar, Kenneth Kang