Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Richard B. Ward

39Patents
20h-index
87Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 18, 1994 → Jun 15, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7401235B2 Persistent authorization context based on external authentication Physics 321 Expired
US6505300B2 Method and system for secure running of untrusted content Physics 291 Expired
US6412070B1 Extensible security system and method for controlling access to objects in a computing environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 282 Expired
US7302634B2 Schema-based services for identity-based data access Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 245 Expired
US5757920A Logon certification Electricity 237 Expired
US7284271B2 Authorizing a requesting entity to operate upon data structures Electricity 192 Expired
US6401211B1 System and method of user logon in combination with user authentication for network access Electricity 167 Expired
US5999711A Method and system for providing certificates holding authentication and authorization information for users/machines Electricity 143 Expired
US6985958B2 Messaging infrastructure for identity-centric data access Electricity 112 Expired
US6289458A Per property access control mechanism Physics 84 Expired
US6625603B1 Object type specific access control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US7308709B1 System and method for managing and authenticating services via service principal names Electricity 61 Expired
US7305548B2 Using atomic messaging to increase the security of transferring data across a network Electricity 54 Expired
US7113994B1 System and method of proxy authentication in a secured network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US7360096B2 Securely processing client credentials used for Web-based access to resources Electricity 44 Expired
US7434257B2 System and methods for providing dynamic authorization in a computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6427209B1 System and method of user logon in combination with user authentication for network access Electricity 33 Expired
US7665143B2 Creating secure process objects Physics 27 Active
US7096367B2 System and methods for caching in connection with authorization in a computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7664724B2 Schema-based services for identity-based data access Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US7716722B2 System and method of proxy authentication in a secured network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US7305701B2 Methods and arrangements for controlling access to resources based on authentication method Physics 16 Expired
US7136859B2 Accessing heterogeneous data in a standardized manner Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US8495621B2 Catalog-based software component management Physics 14 Active
US7251822B2 System and methods providing enhanced security model Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.