Patents by Inventor Christopher James Balmforth

Christopher James Balmforth 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).

  • Systems and methods for investigating potential incidents across entities in networked environments
    Patent number: 11799736
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of investigating an entity or a potential incident. A tracker engine may receive an identification of a first entity in a networked environment. The tracker engine may display, in a user interface responsive to receiving the identification, a representation of the first entity, and representations of a plurality of entities associated with the first entity. The plurality of associated entities may include: a network connection, a file, a process, a user or a computing device. The tracker engine may receive, via the user interface, a selection of a second entity from the plurality of associated entities. The tracker engine may update, responsive to receiving the selection, the user interface to display a representation of the second entity graphically linked to the representation of the first entity, and representations of a plurality of entities associated with the second entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DIGITAL GUARDIAN LLC
    Inventors: Jaimen Dee Hoopes, Christian J Weibell, Christopher James Balmforth
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL INCIDENTS ACROSS ENTITIES IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20210203567
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of investigating an entity or a potential incident. A tracker engine may receive an identification of a first entity in a networked environment. The tracker engine may display, in a user interface responsive to receiving the identification, a representation of the first entity, and representations of a plurality of entities associated with the first entity. The plurality of associated entities may include: a network connection, a file, a process, a user or a computing device. The tracker engine may receive, via the user interface, a selection of a second entity from the plurality of associated entities. The tracker engine may update, responsive to receiving the selection, the user interface to display a representation of the second entity graphically linked to the representation of the first entity, and representations of a plurality of entities associated with the second entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Digital Guardian, LLC
    Inventors: Jaimen Dee Hoopes, Christian J. Weibell, Christopher James Balmforth