Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Hatch

Thomas S. Hatch 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: 20220247793
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing an efficient and flexible policy-driven approach to securing a computing device. For example, systems disclosed herein can enforce a first security policy of a first security standard. Systems disclosed herein can further audit for a first compliance level with the first security standard. Systems disclosed herein can further audit for a second compliance level with a second security standard. Systems disclosed herein can further determine an overlap between the first security standard and the second security standard, the overlap associated with a second security policy. Systems disclosed herein can further enforce the second security standard. Systems disclosed herein can further determine an update of the first compliance level based on the overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas S. Hatch
  • Patent number: 11310283
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing an efficient and flexible policy-driven approach to securing a computing device. For example, systems disclosed herein can identify any number of security policies including configuration states associated with configuration settings of a client device. The systems disclosed herein can further enforce the security policies by performing an enforcement operation including an idempotent operation that enables a computing device to both diagnose as well as remedy security issues identified by an agent on a computing device. The systems disclosed herein further include features and functionality that enable a computing device to be compliant with multiple security standards without performing redundant enforcement operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas S. Hatch
  • Patent number: 11184404
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing an efficient and flexible policy-driven approach to securing a computing device. For example, systems disclosed herein can identify any number of security policies including configuration states associated with configuration settings of a client device. The systems disclosed herein can further enforce the security policies by performing an enforcement operation including an idempotent operation that enables a computing device to both diagnose as well as remedy security issues identified by an agent on a computing device. The systems disclosed herein further include features and functionality that enable a computing device to be compliant with multiple security standards without performing redundant enforcement operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SALT STACK, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas S. Hatch
  • Patent number: 10986185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing a device management system that controls a plurality of remotely managed computing devices by way of one or more delta proxies. The systems disclosed herein can set up, generate, or otherwise implement a delta proxy that includes interfaces for facilitating communication between a master control system and any number of managed devices. The systems disclosed herein can implement a delta proxy for controlling multiple managed devices via a single instance of the delta proxy. The delta proxy may include a plug-in layer including software plug-ins that facilitate control of devices of different types and functionalities. The delta proxy can additionally include a namespace layer for allocating memory on a per-device basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SALTSTACK, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Hatch, Charles R. Oldham