Patents by Inventor Antony Chan

Antony Chan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240056507
    Abstract: A software architecture within a public cloud network may include units of: (i) a plurality of computational instances respectively related to managed networks, (ii) a plurality of servers configurable as load simulators, (iii) administrative components configured to deploy and update the software architecture, and (iv) shared infrastructure services, wherein the units of the software architecture are implemented on virtual machines of the public cloud network and are connected to but logically isolated from one another by way of different access controls or policies. A provider network, coupled to the software architecture by way of network gateways within the shared infrastructure services, may be configured to deliver the configuration, software packages, and database schema to the infrastructure-as-code platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Schuller, Jude Ian McQuaid, Antony Chan
  • Patent number: 11838374
    Abstract: A software architecture within a public cloud network may include units of: (i) a plurality of computational instances respectively related to managed networks, (ii) a plurality of servers configurable as load simulators, (iii) administrative components configured to deploy and update the software architecture, and (iv) shared infrastructure services, wherein the units of the software architecture are implemented on virtual machines of the public cloud network and are connected to but logically isolated from one another by way of different access controls or policies. A provider network, coupled to the software architecture by way of network gateways within the shared infrastructure services, may be configured to deliver the configuration, software packages, and database schema to the infrastructure-as-code platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: William Joseph Schuller, Jude Ian McQuaid, Antony Chan
  • Publication number: 20230254279
    Abstract: A quarantine system could be disposed between an outer firewall and an inner firewall. The quarantine system may include persistent storage containing mappings between computing devices disposed within the inner firewall and data sources disposed outside the outer firewall. The quarantine system may include one or more processors configured to perform operations that include requesting and receiving, based on the mappings, a software-related update from a data source, the software-related update being targeted for deployment on the computing devices. The operations may also include assigning the software-related update for review by a group of one or more agents authorized to approve or reject the software-related update. The operations may also receiving an indication that the software-related update has been approved by the one or more agents and, responsive to receiving the indication, transmitting, based on the mappings, the software-related update to a recipient device within the inner firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Antony Chan
  • Patent number: 11652790
    Abstract: A quarantine system could be disposed between an outer firewall and an inner firewall. The quarantine system may include persistent storage containing mappings between computing devices disposed within the inner firewall and data sources disposed outside the outer firewall. The quarantine system may include one or more processors configured to perform operations that include requesting and receiving, based on the mappings, a software-related update from a data source, the software-related update being targeted for deployment on the computing devices. The operations may also include assigning the software-related update for review by a group of one or more agents authorized to approve or reject the software-related update. The operations may also receiving an indication that the software-related update has been approved by the one or more agents and, responsive to receiving the indication, transmitting, based on the mappings, the software-related update to a recipient device within the inner firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Chan
  • Publication number: 20220272163
    Abstract: A software architecture within a public cloud network may include units of: (i) a plurality of computational instances respectively related to managed networks, (ii) a plurality of servers configurable as load simulators, (iii) administrative components configured to deploy and update the software architecture, and (iv) shared infrastructure services, wherein the units of the software architecture are implemented on virtual machines of the public cloud network and are connected to but logically isolated from one another by way of different access controls or policies. A provider network, coupled to the software architecture by way of network gateways within the shared infrastructure services, may be configured to deliver the configuration, software packages, and database schema to the infrastructure-as-code platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: William Joseph Schuller, Jude Ian McQuaid, Antony Chan
  • Publication number: 20210176210
    Abstract: A quarantine system could be disposed between an outer firewall and an inner firewall. The quarantine system may include persistent storage containing mappings between computing devices disposed within the inner firewall and data sources disposed outside the outer firewall. The quarantine system may include one or more processors configured to perform operations that include requesting and receiving, based on the mappings, a software-related update from a data source, the software-related update being targeted for deployment on the computing devices. The operations may also include assigning the software-related update for review by a group of one or more agents authorized to approve or reject the software-related update. The operations may also receiving an indication that the software-related update has been approved by the one or more agents and, responsive to receiving the indication, transmitting, based on the mappings, the software-related update to a recipient device within the inner firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Antony Chan
  • Patent number: 11032494
    Abstract: This invention describes a technique to enhance pixel resolution of high-speed laser scanning imaging by the means of sub-pixel sampling, applicable to one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D), and three-dimensional (3D) imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Versitech Limited
    Inventors: Kin Man Kevin Tsia, Chi Shing Antony Chan
  • Patent number: 10505937
    Abstract: The unauthorized access of database nodes by application nodes within an electronic computing and communications system can be prevented using an access table that stores access table records indicating that at least some of the application nodes are authorized to access at least some of the database nodes. The access table records can be generated by identifying connections between application nodes and database nodes within a configuration management database. Responsive to receiving a request to access a database node sent from a first application node, the access table can be queried to determine whether an access table record indicating that the first application node is authorized to access the database node is stored in the access table. If that access table record is not stored in the access table, the request is denied. Otherwise, the request is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Norris, Antony Chan, Siddharth Shah
  • Publication number: 20190174078
    Abstract: This invention describes a technique to enhance pixel resolution of high-speed laser scanning imaging by the means of sub-pixel sampling, applicable to one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D), and three-dimensional (3D) imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Kin Man, Kevin TSIA, Chi Shing, Antony CHAN
  • Publication number: 20180219866
    Abstract: The unauthorized access of database nodes by application nodes within an electronic computing and communications system can be prevented using an access table that stores access table records indicating that at least some of the application nodes are authorized to access at least some of the database nodes. The access table records can be generated by identifying connections between application nodes and database nodes within a configuration management database. Responsive to receiving a request to access a database node sent from a first application node, the access table can be queried to determine whether an access table record indicating that the first application node is authorized to access the database node is stored in the access table. If that access table record is not stored in the access table, the request is denied. Otherwise, the request is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Norris, Antony Chan, Siddharth Shah