Patents by Inventor Vikrant Minhas

Vikrant Minhas 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).

  • Protecting account security settings using strong proofs
    Patent number: 8490201
    Abstract: One or more strong proofs are maintained as associated with an account of a user. In response to a request to change a security setting of the account, an attempt is made to confirm the request by using one of the one or more strong proofs to notify the user. The change is permitted if the request is confirmed via one or more of the strong proofs, and otherwise the change to the security setting of the account is kept unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tarek Bahaa El-Din Mahmoud Kamel, Yordan I. Rouskov, David J. Steeves, Rammohan Nagasubramani, Pui-Yin Winfred Wong, WeiQiang Michael Guo, Vikas Rajvanshy, Orville C. McDonald, Sean Christian Wohlgemuth, Vikrant Minhas