Patents by Inventor Paul Wisner
Paul Wisner 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: 10708656Abstract: In some aspects, a mobile application package is bound to a privileged component of a mobile device operating system. The mobile application package includes a software virtualization layer and a management service component. The software virtualization layer and the management service component are enabled to execute in a privileged mode based on the privileged component. A virtual phone image is downloaded from a management server. A virtual machine based on the virtual phone image is launched by the software virtualization layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Publication number: 20180332050Abstract: In some aspects, a mobile application package is bound to a privileged component of a mobile device operating system. The mobile application package includes a software virtualization layer and a management service component. The software virtualization layer and the management service component are enabled to execute in a privileged mode based on the privileged component. A virtual phone image is downloaded from a management server. A virtual machine based on the virtual phone image is launched by the software virtualization layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Patent number: 10044734Abstract: A virtual business mobile device can be provisioned on a personal mobile device, by binding a mobile application for provisioning the business mobile device to a privileged component of a host operating system of the personal mobile device, wherein the binding enables a software virtualization layer and a management service component of the mobile application to execute in a privileged mode. The mobile application is then able to download a virtual phone image for the business mobile device and security-related policy settings relating to use of the business mobile device from a mobile management server, wherein the software virtualization layer is able to launch a virtual machine for the business mobile device based on the virtual phone image. Once the virtual phone image has been downloaded, the management service component initiates a periodic attempt to establish a connection with the mobile management server to comply with the downloaded security-related policy settings.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: VMWare, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Patent number: 9985929Abstract: A business environment on a mobile device can be controlled by an enterprise server by receiving identifying information transmitted from a mobile device, wherein the identifying information identifies a user of the mobile device to the enterprise server. A virtual phone template is transmitted to the mobile device, wherein the virtual phone template (i) corresponds to the identifying information, and (ii) is configured to provide the business environment on the mobile device as a virtual machine running on a hypervisor installed on top of a host operating system of the mobile device. The enterprise server then receives a periodic transmission from the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device remains in periodic communication with the enterprise server.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Robert Meyer, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Fanny Strudel
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Publication number: 20170374081Abstract: A virtual business mobile device can be provisioned on a personal mobile device, by binding a mobile application for provisioning the business mobile device to a privileged component of a host operating system of the personal mobile device, wherein the binding enables a software virtualization layer and a management service component of the mobile application to execute in a privileged mode. The mobile application is then able to download a virtual phone image for the business mobile device and security-related policy settings relating to use of the business mobile device from a mobile management server, wherein the software virtualization layer is able to launch a virtual machine for the business mobile device based on the virtual phone image. Once the virtual phone image has been downloaded, the management service component initiates a periodic attempt to establish a connection with the mobile management server to comply with the downloaded security-related policy settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Publication number: 20170244724Abstract: A virtual business mobile device can be provisioned on a personal mobile device, by binding a mobile application for provisioning the business mobile device to a privileged component of a host operating system of the personal mobile device, wherein the binding enables a software virtualization layer and a management service component of the mobile application to execute in a privileged mode. The mobile application is then able to download a virtual phone image for the business mobile device and security-related policy settings relating to use of the business mobile device from a mobile management server, wherein the software virtualization layer is able to launch a virtual machine for the business mobile device based on the virtual phone image. Once the virtual phone image has been downloaded, the management service component initiates a periodic attempt to establish a connection with the mobile management server to comply with the downloaded security-related policy settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Patent number: 9577985Abstract: A virtual business mobile device can be provisioned on a personal mobile device, by binding a mobile application for provisioning the business mobile device to a privileged component of a host operating system of the personal mobile device, wherein the binding enables a software virtualization layer and a management service component of the mobile application to execute in a privileged mode. The mobile application is then able to download a virtual phone image for the business mobile device and security-related policy settings relating to use of the business mobile device from a mobile management server, wherein the software virtualization layer is able to launch a virtual machine for the business mobile device based on the virtual phone image. Once the virtual phone image has been downloaded, the management service component initiates a periodic attempt to establish a connection with the mobile management server to comply with the downloaded security-related policy settings.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: VMWARE, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Patent number: 9544274Abstract: A graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices presents a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item. Upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, a template user interface is presented that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines on the mobile devices in order to provide a business environment. Upon selection of the policy setting menu item, a policy user interface is presented that enables the administrator to set security policies, wherein each of the security policies specifies a time interval within which a mobile device running a virtual machine corresponding to one of the virtual phone image templates should communicate with an enterprise server to comply with the security policy.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, David Furodet, Robert Meyer, Craig Newell, Claire Reynaud, Fanny Strudel, Paul Wisner, Emil Sit
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Patent number: 9448825Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention display alerts provided by applications of a guest environment in a notification bar controlled by a host operating system (OS) in a host environment of a mobile device, wherein the guest environment is running in a virtual machine supported by a hypervisor running within the host environment. A hypervisor-aware service in the virtual machine registers with a guest OS to be notified when applications request presentation of alerts in a notification bar controlled by the guest OS. Upon receipt of a notification by the guest OS of an application requesting presentation of an alert in the notification bar controlled by the guest OS, the hypervisor-aware service forwards the notification to the hypervisor and the hypervisor transmits a corresponding request to a notification management component of the host OS to present the alert on the notification bar controlled by the host OS.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Craig Newell, Mark M. Burton, Hoofar Razavi, Paul Wisner
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Patent number: 9348626Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention facilitate switching between a host environment of a mobile device and a guest environment of the mobile device. One method comprises configuring the host environment to launch a user interface (UI) proxy application upon receiving an indication by a user on a user interface (UI) of the mobile device of a desire to switch from the host environment to the guest environment. Upon a launch of the UI proxy application as a result of receiving the indication, the UI proxy application initiates a request to wake-up the guest environment and facilitates access by a hardware framebuffer of the mobile device to contents of a memory buffer that is updated with display data for the guest environment as a result of a waking-up of the guest environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Craig Newell, Mark M. Burton, Stephen Deasy, Hoofar Razavi, Paul Wisner
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Publication number: 20160080546Abstract: A business environment on a mobile device can be controlled by an enterprise server by receiving identifying information transmitted from a mobile device, wherein the identifying information identifies a user of the mobile device to the enterprise server. A virtual phone template is transmitted to the mobile device, wherein the virtual phone template (i) corresponds to the identifying information, and (ii) is configured to provide the business environment on the mobile device as a virtual machine running on a hypervisor installed on top of a host operating system of the mobile device. The enterprise server then receives a periodic transmission from the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device remains in periodic communication with the enterprise server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Robert Meyer, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Fanny Strudel
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Publication number: 20160057559Abstract: A virtual business mobile device can be provisioned on a personal mobile device, by binding a mobile application for provisioning the business mobile device to a privileged component of a host operating system of the personal mobile device, wherein the binding enables a software virtualization layer and a management service component of the mobile application to execute in a privileged mode. The mobile application is then able to download a virtual phone image for the business mobile device and security-related policy settings relating to use of the business mobile device from a mobile management server, wherein the software virtualization layer is able to launch a virtual machine for the business mobile device based on the virtual phone image. Once the virtual phone image has been downloaded, the management service component initiates a periodic attempt to establish a connection with the mobile management server to comply with the downloaded security-related policy settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Patent number: 9247042Abstract: A business environment on a mobile device can be controlled by an enterprise server by receiving identifying information transmitted from a mobile device, wherein the identifying information identifies a user of the mobile device to the enterprise server. A virtual phone template is transmitted to the mobile device, wherein the virtual phone template (i) corresponds to the identifying information, and (ii) is configured to provide the business environment on the mobile device as a virtual machine running on a hypervisor installed on top of a host operating system of the mobile device. The enterprise server then receives a periodic transmission from the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device remains in periodic communication with the enterprise server.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Robert Meyer, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Fanny Strudel
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Patent number: 9219813Abstract: A virtual business mobile device can be provisioned on a personal mobile device, by binding a mobile application for provisioning the business mobile device to a privileged component of a host operating system of the personal mobile device, wherein the binding enables a hypervisor component and a management service component of the mobile application to execute in a privileged mode. The mobile application is then able to download a virtual phone image for the business mobile device and security-related policy settings relating to use of the business mobile device from a mobile management server, wherein the hypervisor component is able to launch a virtual machine for the business mobile device based on the virtual phone image. Once the virtual phone image has been downloaded, the management service component initiates a periodic attempt to establish a connection with the mobile management server to comply with the downloaded security-related policy settings.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, Craig Newell, Emil Sit, Paul Wisner, David Furodet, Viktor Gyuris, Robert Meyer, Fanny Strudel
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Publication number: 20150119113Abstract: A graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices presents a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item. Upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, a template user interface is presented that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines on the mobile devices in order to provide a business environment. Upon selection of the policy setting menu item, a policy user interface is presented that enables the administrator to set security policies, wherein each of the security policies specifies a time interval within which a mobile device running a virtual machine corresponding to one of the virtual phone image templates should communicate with an enterprise server to comply with the security policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Stephen DEASY, David FURODET, Robert MEYER, Craig NEWELL, Claire REYNAUD, Fanny STRUDEL, Paul WISNER, Emil SIT
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Patent number: 8954050Abstract: A graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices presents a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item. Upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, a template user interface is presented that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines on the mobile devices in order to provide a business environment. Upon selection of the policy setting menu item, a policy user interface is presented that enables the administrator to set security policies, wherein each of the security policies specifies a time interval within which a mobile device running a virtual machine corresponding to one of the virtual phone image templates should communicate with an enterprise server to comply with the security policy.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Deasy, David Furodet, Robert Meyer, Craig Newell, Claire Reynaud, Fanny Strudel, Paul Wisner, Emil Sit
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Publication number: 20130145278Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention display alerts provided by applications of a guest environment in a notification bar controlled by a host operating system (OS) in a host environment of a mobile device, wherein the guest environment is running in a virtual machine supported by a hypervisor running within the host environment. A hypervisor-aware service in the virtual machine registers with a guest OS to be notified when applications request presentation of alerts in a notification bar controlled by the guest OS. Upon receipt of a notification by the guest OS of an application requesting presentation of an alert in the notification bar controlled by the guest OS, the hypervisor-aware service forwards the notification to the hypervisor and the hypervisor transmits a corresponding request to a notification management component of the host OS to present the alert on the notification bar controlled by the host OS.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Craig NEWELL, Mark M. BURTON, Hoofar RAZAVI, Paul WISNER
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Publication number: 20130145144Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention facilitate switching between a host environment of a mobile device and a guest environment of the mobile device. One method comprises configuring the host environment to launch a user interface (UI) proxy application upon receiving an indication by a user on a user interface (UI) of the mobile device of a desire to switch from the host environment to the guest environment. Upon a launch of the UI proxy application as a result of receiving the indication, the UI proxy application initiates a request to wake-up the guest environment and facilitates access by a hardware framebuffer of the mobile device to contents of a memory buffer that is updated with display data for the guest environment as a result of a waking-up of the guest environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Craig NEWELL, Mark M. BURTON, Stephen DEASY, Hoofar RAZAVI, Paul WISNER
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Publication number: 20060253608Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of managing a cache of a mobile device in a data communication environment, in particularly in a wireless data communication system in an efficient manner. Further, a portable device adapted to process said method is introduced and a system which comprises a plurality of networks and at least one mobile device as well. Said cache is being used for storing network related data content. In a first operation a detecting of an existence of at least one active network out of a plurality of networks is provided, wherein said portable device is allowed to communicate with said at least one active network. Next, a determining of a network identity of said at least one active network follows. Finally, a updating of said network related data content on the basis of said network identity is done and afterwards storing of said updated network related data content in said cache if said network identity is unknown to said portable device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Franklin Reynolds, Yinghua Ye, Paul Wisner