Patents by Inventor Kevin McGinley

Kevin McGinley 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).

  • Methods and systems for automated network scanning in dynamic virtualized environments
    Patent number: 9479527
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing jobs to be scanned based on existence of processing nodes are described. One of the methods includes obtaining identification information regarding operation of a first set of the processing nodes from an inventory and creating a job for scanning the processing nodes of the first set for security vulnerability. The job includes the identification information. The method further includes verifying the inventory to determine the first identifying information of the first set of processing nodes for removal from the job and loading the job having second identifying information for a second set of processing nodes that remain after the verifying operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McGinley, Rich Tener
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED NETWORK SCANNING IN DYNAMIC VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20160036847
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing jobs to be scanned based on existence of processing nodes are described. One of the methods includes obtaining identification information regarding operation of a first set of the processing nodes from an inventory and creating a job for scanning the processing nodes of the first set for security vulnerability. The job includes the identification information. The method further includes verifying the inventory to determine the first identifying information of the first set of processing nodes for removal from the job and loading the job having second identifying information for a second set of processing nodes that remain after the verifying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin McGinley, Rich Tener
  • Methods and systems for automated network scanning in dynamic virtualized environments
    Patent number: 9177113
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing jobs to be scanned based on existence of processing nodes are described. One of the methods includes obtaining identification information regarding operation of a first set of the processing nodes from an inventory and creating a job for scanning the processing nodes of the first set for security vulnerability. The job includes the identification information. The method further includes verifying the inventory to determine the first identifying information of the first set of processing nodes for removal from the job and loading the job having second identifying information for a second set of processing nodes that remain after the verifying operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McGinley, Rich Tener
  • Methods and Systems for Automated Network Scanning in Dynamic Virtualized Environments
    Publication number: 20140298473
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing jobs to be scanned based on existence of processing nodes are described. One of the methods includes obtaining identification information regarding operation of a first set of the processing nodes from an inventory and creating a job for scanning the processing nodes of the first set for security vulnerability. The job includes the identification information. The method further includes verifying the inventory to determine the first identifying information of the first set of processing nodes for removal from the job and loading the job having second identifying information for a second set of processing nodes that remain after the verifying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin McGinley, Rich Tener
  • Methods and systems for automated network scanning in dynamic virtualized environments
    Patent number: 8769697
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing jobs to be scanned based on existence of processing nodes are described. One of the methods includes obtaining identification information regarding operation of a first set of the processing nodes from an inventory and creating a job for scanning the processing nodes of the first set for security vulnerability. The job includes the identification information. The method further includes verifying the inventory to determine the first identifying information of the first set of processing nodes for removal from the job and loading the job having second identifying information for a second set of processing nodes that remain after the verifying operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McGinley, Rich Tener
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED NETWORK SCANNING IN DYNAMIC VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20130091577
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing jobs to be scanned based on existence of processing nodes are described. One of the methods includes obtaining identification information regarding operation of a first set of the processing nodes from an inventory and creating a job for scanning the processing nodes of the first set for security vulnerability. The job includes the identification information. The method further includes verifying the inventory to determine the first identifying information of the first set of processing nodes for removal from the job and loading the job having second identifying information for a second set of processing nodes that remain after the verifying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: ZYNGA INC.
    Inventors: Kevin McGinley, Rich Tener