Friday, September 1, 2006

Inventions on using LDAP for different purposes-Part-1

Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:           
The objective of this article is to know how is LDAP used for applications in e-commerce and Policy Management. The analysis of patents shows which Inventive Principles have been used to solve those inventions. Unlike other parts of the study which have tried to improve certain aspect of LDAP technology and application, this article includes the inventions that use LDAP for various different purposes.
           
This article is divided into 3 parts for convenience of size. The first part of the article includes 6 patents using LDAP for “e-commerce” and “Policy Management”. The second part includes 10 patents using LDAP for “Network Management” and “Telecommunications”. The third part of the article includes 11 patents using LDAP for “World Wide Web” and “Java and CORBA”. This is the first part of the article which analyses patents using LDAP for "e-commerce” and patents using LDAP for “Policy Management”.
           
Keywords: LDAP directory, Directory Protocol, Inventions, Software Inventions, LDAP inventions, Software Patents, LDAP data access, LDAP data storage, LDAP security, LDAP usage, Data Management, e-commerce, policy management, network policy, network management, telecommunications, world wide web, Java, CORBA


Umakant Mishra, Inventions on using LDAP for Different Purposes, Part-1 - A TRIZ Based Analysis of US Patents (August 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=925945 orhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.925945

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