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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:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
Applicant:
Paul B Patrick, Manchester, NH (US);
Inventor:
Paul B Patrick, Manchester, NH (US);
Assignee:
BEA Systems, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for adaptively authenticating a subject, said method adapted to cooperate with a security provider interface hierarchy, said method comprising the steps of providing for the implementation of an authentication interface adapted to extend and implement at least a portion of the security provider hierarchy, providing for the authentication of the subject when so directed by the authentication interface, and providing for the association of a signed principal with the subject upon the successful authentication of the subject.