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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Winston Khan, Westport, CA;
Ken Bowler, Manotick, CA;
Ian Hamilton, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Signiant Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing security using an authorization process in connection with data transfers. Keyed certificates are used to authenticate remote computers. An authorization table maps remote computers to allowable local users and corresponding qualifiers. In order to complete a data transfer process, the system of the present invention authenticates the remote computer, determines its authority to act as a designated local user, and determines whether the remote computer, acting as the designated local user, can perform the actions required for the data transfer.