Patents by Inventor William P. Wells

William P. Wells 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).

  • Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services
    Patent number: 9479503
    Abstract: Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) offloads “client authentication” activity onto a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. Instead of having a client device authenticate itself directly to a network server, the client device instead authenticates itself to a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. The authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node then provides credentials that are used by the client device to communicate directly with the server (and utilize the service) without any further authentication being necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Telecommunications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Griffin, Keith A. McFarland, William P. Wells
  • Secure Distribution of Non-Privileged Authentication Credentials
    Publication number: 20160269382
    Abstract: An authentication credentials push service (ACPS) that securely pushes non-privileged authentication credentials to registered client entities. The ACPS comprises a classification server and a push server to provide access to non-privileged authentication credentials absent a pull transaction. The classification server in the ACPS classifies authentication credentials as either privileged (i.e. private, forgeable) or non-privileged (i.e. non-forgeable, nonsensitive). Credentials identified as being of a privileged nature are treated with restricted access. Alternatively, credentials classified as being of a non-privileged nature are made available for the push service. Authentication servers register with the ACPS to become consumers of the push service. A push server within the ACPS pushes non-privileged authentication credentials to registered authentication servers at predetermined intervals. Individual authentication credentials push services (ACPS) have access to different authentication credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Keith A. McFarland, Kambiz Ghozati, John Stevens, William P. Wells
  • Authenticating Cloud Computing Enabling Secure Services
    Publication number: 20160255080
    Abstract: Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) offloads “client authentication” activity onto a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. Instead of having a client device authenticate itself directly to a network server, the client device instead authenticates itself to a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. The authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node then provides credentials that are used by the client device to communicate directly with the server (and utilize the service) without any further authentication being necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: John L. Griffin, Keith A. McFarland, William P. Wells
  • Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services
    Patent number: 9384339
    Abstract: Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) offloads “client authentication” activity onto a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. Instead of having a client device authenticate itself directly to a network server, the client device instead authenticates itself to a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. The authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node then provides credentials that are used by the client device to communicate directly with the server (and utilize the service) without any further authentication being necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Griffin, Keith A. McFarland, William P. Wells
  • Authenticating Cloud Computing Enabling Secure Services
    Publication number: 20130269020
    Abstract: Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) offloads “client authentication” activity onto a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. Instead of having a client device authenticate itself directly to a network server, the client device instead authenticates itself to a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. The authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node then provides credentials that are used by the client device to communicate directly with the server (and utilize the service) without any further authentication being necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: John L. Griffin, Keith A. McFarland, William P. Wells