Robert D Garskof

US Patent:

20070039043, Feb 15, 2007

Filed:

Aug 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/201864

Inventors:

Robert Garskof - Northford CT, US

Assignee:

SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726008000

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for logging off of a global session and releasing resources from applications associated with the global session. When a user logs off of a single sign on (SSO) global session a Distributed Global Logoff Manager tracks each SSO family member application and any other application to which a user has logged on during the global session, and simulates the user logging off from each individual application to which the user ends the global SSO session. Distributed Global Logoff allows each application in a SSO family to participate in the logoff so that each application can free its resources immediately rather than waiting for a session time out to release application resources. Resources allocated to various applications such as data base connections, programs stored in memory and transactional data stored in memory are released.

US Patent:

20110092185, Apr 21, 2011

Filed:

Oct 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/580543

Inventors:

Robert Garskof - Northford CT, US

International Classification:

H04M 1/66

US Classification:

455411

Abstract:

Systems and methods for implementing a location token service (LTS) to enhance the security of mobile device identity tokens by using the location of the mobile device to augment the tokens. The LTS enforces re-authentication (login) of the mobile device to one or more applications if the mobile device moves beyond a threshold distance from the location of the last use of the token within a time period defined in a temporal threshold. The LTS increases authentication strength and drastically reduces the potential for spoofing or otherwise permitting unauthorized access to one or more applications on the mobile device.

US Patent:

20120023377, Jan 26, 2012

Filed:

Jul 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/839884

Inventors:

Robert Garskof - Northford CT, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/00
G06F 11/07
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

714 48, 726 12, 714E11024

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods are provided that prevent cross-site request forgery at one or more web servers. A proxy dynamically monitors web server responses to client requests for content having a selected characteristic, adds a hidden token to content identified as having the selected characteristic prior to serving the content to a requesting client, and stores a copy of the hidden token for later verification that client request content sent to a web server is authentic. The proxy monitors client request content sent to the one or more web servers for a selected characteristic, and allows client request content having the selected characteristic to be processed by a web server application only if the client request content includes a token previously provided by the proxy and only if the token has a value matching a stored token value for the respective client.

US Patent:

20130231135, Sep 5, 2013

Filed:

Apr 19, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/866436

Inventors:

Robert Garskof - Northford CT, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04W 12/06

US Classification:

4554561

Abstract:

Systems and methods for implementing a location token service (LTS) to enhance the security of mobile device identity tokens by using the location of the mobile device to augment the tokens. The LTS enforces re-authentication (login) of the mobile device to one or more applications if the mobile device moves beyond a threshold distance from the location of the last use of the token within a time period defined in a temporal threshold. The LTS increases authentication strength and drastically reduces the potential for spoofing or otherwise permitting unauthorized access to one or more applications on the mobile device.

US Patent:

20210342834, Nov 4, 2021

Filed:

Jul 12, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/373674

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Robert D. Garskof - Northford CT, US
Jay O. Glasgow - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/40
H04L 29/08
H04L 12/58
G06Q 20/32
G06Q 20/42

Abstract:

Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.

US Patent:

20200058026, Feb 20, 2020

Filed:

Oct 27, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/664883

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Robert D. Garskof - Northford CT, US
Jay O. Glasgow - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/40
G06Q 20/32
H04L 29/08
H04L 12/58
G06Q 20/42

Abstract:

Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.

US Patent:

20170140376, May 18, 2017

Filed:

Nov 17, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/943585

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Robert D. Garskof - Northford CT, US
Jay O. Glasgow - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/40
H04L 12/58
G06Q 20/32
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.