US Patent Issued to CISCO TECHNOLOGY on Aug. 25 for "Usage based token expiration" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,683, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Usage based token expiration" was invented by Mark William Emeis (Monument, Colo.), Terence James Boldt (Oakville, Canada), Donald Mark Allen (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Jeffrey C. Clark (Cary, N.C.), Mark Edward Eastman (Holly Springs, N.C.) and John William Hayduk (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for allowing a user or a client web service to control or adjust use limit of an access token instead of relying on provider based time limits are provided. Specifically, methods involve obtaining an access request for a web-based ser...