Patents by Inventor James C. Lowery
James C. Lowery 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).
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Patent number: 9881159Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is executed by a computer system. The method includes receiving information related to a platform-portable workload, the information comprising a data security policy expressed as digitally signed metadata. The data security policy specifies one or more data security features that any platform executing the platform-portable workload should implement. The method further includes validating the digitally signed metadata as originating from an issuer of the platform-portable workload. In addition, the method includes, responsive to successful validation of the digitally signed metadata, automatically determining whether a particular platform can satisfy the data security policy based, at least in part, on a comparison of the digitally signed metadata with data security attributes of the particular platform.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Quest Software Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline H. Wilson, Sajawal Haider, James C. Lowery, David Mortman
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Patent number: 8037016Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for the transcoding of data from a first format to a second format. A data format transcoder receives a request for data from a requester. The desired format of the requested data is determined. A descriptor file containing formatting information describing the requested format is loaded into the data format transcoder. The requested data is retrieved in its native format along with its corresponding common descriptor. The requested data is read in its native format, using the formatting information from its associated common descriptor. The data format transcoder then uses the formatting information in the common descriptor of the requested format to perform transcoding operations to convert the requested data from its native format into the requested format.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Bogdan Odulinski, James C. Lowery, Jimmy D. Pike, Drue Reeves, Brent Schroeder
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Publication number: 20100011014Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for the transcoding of data from a first format to a second format. A data format transcoder receives a request for data from a requester. The desired format of the requested data is determined. A descriptor file containing formatting information describing the requested format is loaded into the data format transcoder. The requested data is retrieved in its native format along with its corresponding common descriptor. The requested data is read in its native format, using the formatting information from its associated common descriptor. The data format transcoder then uses the formatting information in the common descriptor of the requested format to perform transcoding operations to convert the requested data from its native format into the requested format.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Bogdan Odulinski, James C. Lowery, Jimmy D. Pike, Drue Reeves, Brent Schroeder
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Patent number: 7559092Abstract: A method supports secure input/output (I/O) communications between an I/O device and a data processing system via a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switch. An example embodiment includes the operations of establishing a first secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the I/O device and establishing a second secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the data processing system. In addition, I/O data may be received at the KVM switch from the I/O device via the first secure communication channel. In response to receipt of the I/O data from the I/O device, the I/O data may be transmitted from the KVM switch to the data processing system via the second secure communication channel. Embodiments may also include support for non-secure channels between the KVM switch and nonsecured I/O devices, nonsecured data processing systems, or both.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Douglas M. Anson, James C. Lowery, Frank H. Molsberry
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Patent number: 7284278Abstract: A method supports secure input/output (I/O) communications between an I/O device and a data processing system via a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switch. An example embodiment includes the operations of establishing a first secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the I/O device and establishing a second secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the data processing system. In addition, I/O data may be received at the KVM switch from the I/O device via the first secure communication channel. In response to receipt of the I/O data from the I/O device, the I/O data may be transmitted from the KVM switch to the data processing system via the second secure communication channel. Embodiments may also include support for non-secure channels between the KVM switch and non-secured I/O devices, non-secured data processing systems, or both.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2003Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Douglas M. Anson, James C. Lowery, Frank H. Molsberry
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Publication number: 20040177264Abstract: A method supports secure input/output (I/O) communications between an I/O device and a data processing system via a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switch. An example embodiment includes the operations of establishing a first secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the I/O device and establishing a second secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the data processing system. In addition, I/O data may be received at the KVM switch from the I/O device via the first secure communication channel. In response to receipt of the I/O data from the I/O device, the I/O data may be transmitted from the KVM switch to the data processing system via the second secure communication channel. Embodiments may also include support for non-secure channels between the KVM switch and non-secured I/O devices, non-secured data processing systems, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Douglas M. Anson, James C. Lowery, Frank H. Molsberry