Patents by Inventor Vijay Gajjala

Vijay Gajjala 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).

  • Remote hardware device conversion
    Patent number: 10158495
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure remotely activate a secure device for application development. A request is received at a device entitlement component for a developer kit from a secure device in a user mode via a network. A determination is made as to whether the secure device is in at least one allowed development group. In response to determining that the secure device is in the at least one allowed development group, a certificate is generated defining a permissions level associated with the developer identifier for the secure device. The certificate is transmitted to the secure device, including a key that interacts with a security processor of the secure device to convert hardware capabilities of the secure device to provide a developer mode at the secure device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vijay Gajjala, Gershom L. Payzer, Mehmet Erkilic, Caleb S. Atwood, Manuel C. Ovena, Stephan Zachwieja
  • REMOTE HARDWARE DEVICE CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20180062860
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure remotely activate a secure device for application development. A request is received at a device entitlement component for a developer kit from a secure device in a user mode via a network. A determination is made as to whether the secure device is in at least one allowed development group. In response to determining that the secure device is in the at least one allowed development group, a certificate is generated defining a permissions level associated with the developer identifier for the secure device. The certificate is transmitted to the secure device, including a key that interacts with a security processor of the secure device to convert hardware capabilities of the secure device to provide a developer mode at the secure device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay Gajjala, Gershom L. Payzer, Mehmet Erkilic, Caleb S. Atwood, Manuel C. Ovena, Stephan Zachwieja
  • Discretionary policy management in cloud-based environment
    Patent number: 9607166
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for managing and providing access to a collection of digital resources. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a request to access a resource for a principal and determining one or more principal groups to which the principal belongs. The method further comprises obtaining resource set membership information indicating a resource set to which the resource belongs, and obtaining resource set access policy information for the resource set to which the resource belongs. The method yet further comprises determining whether the principal is allowed to access the resource based on the principal group membership information and the resource set access policy information, and, if the principal is allowed to access the resource, then permitting access to the resource by the principal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Pierre Martin, Vijay Gajjala, Timothy Gill, James T. Jacoby, Stephane Plante, Craig A. Gick, Richard K. Costleigh, Luke Jared Lenhart, Ajay S. Kang
  • Identifying factorable code
    Patent number: 9195810
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to the automated identification of one or more computer program functions for potentially placing on a remote computing device in a split-computational computing environment. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method of determining a factorable portion of code to locate remotely from other portions of the code of a program to hinder unauthorized use and/or distribution of the program. The method includes, on a computing device, receiving an input of a representation of the code of the program, performing analysis on the representation of the code, the analysis comprising one or more of static analysis and dynamic analysis, and based upon the analysis of the code, outputting a list of one or more functions determined from the analysis to be candidates for locating remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Darko Kirovski, Benjamin Livshits, Gennady Medvinsky, Vijay Gajjala, Kenneth Ray, Jesper Lind
  • DISCRETIONARY POLICY MANAGEMENT IN CLOUD-BASED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140245373
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for managing and providing access to a collection of digital resources. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a request to access a resource for a principal and determining one or more principal groups to which the principal belongs. The method further comprises obtaining resource set membership information indicating a resource set to which the resource belongs, and obtaining resource set access policy information for the resource set to which the resource belongs. The method yet further comprises determining whether the principal is allowed to access the resource based on the principal group membership information and the resource set access policy information, and, if the principal is allowed to access the resource, then permitting access to the resource by the principal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre Martin, Vijay Gajjala, Timothy Gill, James T. Jacoby, Stephane Plante, Craig A. Gick, Richard K. Costleigh, Luke Jared Lenhart, Ajay S. Kang
  • Factoring middleware for anti-piracy
    Patent number: 8635635
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to hindering unauthorized use or distribution of a middleware program contained within an application. One example embodiment provides a method for hindering unauthorized use or distribution of a middleware program contained within an application. The method comprises acquiring factored middleware code, the factored middleware code having a missing function residing on a remote computing device, and building an application around the factored middleware code such that the application is configured to call to the remote computing device for execution of the missing function during use. The application may be configured to send a call to the remote computing device for execution of the missing function during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray, Gennady Medvinsky, Vijay Gajjala, Darko Kirovski, Benjamin Livshits
  • DECOMMISSIONING FACTORED CODE
    Publication number: 20120191803
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to decommissioning factored code of a program on a computing device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a computing device. The method includes executing a program on the computing device, and while executing the program, identifying a remote location of a factored function via a code map, sending a call to the factored function and receiving a return response. The method further comprises, upon occurrence of a decommissioning event, receiving a copy of the factored function; and updating the code map with a location of the copy of the factored function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray, Gennady Medvinsky, Vijay Gajjala, Darko Kirovski, Benjamin Livshits
  • FACTORING MIDDLEWARE FOR ANTI-PIRACY
    Publication number: 20120192209
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to hindering unauthorized use or distribution of a middleware program contained within an application. One example embodiment provides a method for hindering unauthorized use or distribution of a middleware program contained within an application. The method comprises acquiring factored middleware code, the factored middleware code having a missing function residing on a remote computing device, and building an application around the factored middleware code such that the application is configured to call to the remote computing device for execution of the missing function during use. The application may be configured to send a call to the remote computing device for execution of the missing function during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray, Gennady Medvinsky, Vijay Gajjala, Darko Kirovski, Benjamin Livshits
  • IDENTIFYING FACTORABLE CODE
    Publication number: 20120167061
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to the automated identification of one or more computer program functions for potentially placing on a remote computing device in a split-computational computing environment. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method of determining a factorable portion of code to locate remotely from other portions of the code of a program to hinder unauthorized use and/or distribution of the program. The method includes, on a computing device, receiving an input of a representation of the code of the program, performing analysis on the representation of the code, the analysis comprising one or more of static analysis and dynamic analysis, and based upon the analysis of the code, outputting a list of one or more functions determined from the analysis to be candidates for locating remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darko Kirovski, Benjamin Livshits, Gennady Medvinsky, Vijay Gajjala, Kenneth Ray, Jesper Lind
  • Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system
    Publication number: 20060167817
    Abstract: A retailer facilitates issuance of a digital license from a licensor to a customer for a corresponding piece of digital content. The retailer receives payment for the license from the customer, where the payment is to be shared with the licensor in a pre-determined manner. The retailer also receives customer-based information from the customer. The retailer then composes an actual license request including the obtained customer-based information, and including retailer-based information identifying the retailer to the licensor and acknowledging to the licensor that the retailer owes a portion of the received payment to the licensor. Thereafter, the retailer forwards the actual license request to the licensor. The licensor notes based on the retailer-based information in the actual license request that the retailer identified thereby owes the licensor at least a portion of the forwarded payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Gajjala, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Jeffrey McKune
  • Interface infrastructure for creating and interacting with web services
    Publication number: 20060150200
    Abstract: A web services namespace pertains to an infrastructure for enabling creation of a wide variety of applications. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building message-based applications of various scale and complexity. The infrastructure or framework provides APIs for basic messaging, secure messaging, reliable messaging and transacted messaging. In some embodiments, the associated APIs are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility and versionability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shy Cohen, Geary Eppley, Douglas Purdy, James Johnson, Stephen Millet, Stephen Swartz, Vijay Gajjala, Aaron Stern, Alexander DeJarnatt, Alfred Lee, Anand Rjagopalan, Anastasios Kasiolas, Chaitanya Upadhyay, Christopher Kaler, Craig Critchley, David Levin, David Driver, David Wortendyke, Douglas Walter, Elliot Waingold, Erik Christensen, Erin Honeycutt, Eugene Shvets, Evgeny Osovetsky, Giovanni Della-Libera, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, John Doty, Jonathan Wheeler, Kapil Gupta, Kenneth Wolf, Krishnan Srinivasan, Lance Olson, Matthew Tavis, Mauro Ottaviani, Max Feingold, Michael Coulson, Michael Marucheck, Michael Vernal, Michael Dice, Mohamed-Hany Ramadan, Mohammad Makarechian, Natasha Jethanandani, Richard Dievendorff, Richard Hill, Ryan Sturgell, Saurab Nog, Scott Seely, Serge Sverdlov, Siddhartha Puri, Sowmyanarayanan Srinivasan, Stefan Batres, Stefan Pharies, Tirunelveli Vishwanath, Tomasz Janczuk, Uday Hegde, Umesh Madan, Vaithialingam Balayogan, Vipul Modi, Yaniv Pessach, Yasser Shohoud
  • Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device
    Publication number: 20060095383
    Abstract: Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secure state store under the public key of the content server (PU-CS) that issued the content. Each license has a (PU-CS) therein, and each license evaluation considers each content revocation stored in the state store and having the same (PU-CS). The license is disabled or otherwise affected based on the considered content revocation. A content revocation is one form of a license modification that may be delivered within a license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie Chase, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Philip Lafornara, Jeffrey McKune, Clifford Strom, Vijay Gajjala
  • Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device
    Publication number: 20060059106
    Abstract: Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secure state store under the public key of the content server (PU-CS) that issued the content. Each license has a (PU-CS) therein, and each license evaluation considers each content revocation stored in the state store and having the same (PU-CS). The license is disabled or otherwise affected based on the considered content revocation. A content revocation is one form of a license modification that may be delivered within a license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie Chase, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Philip Lafornara, Jeffrey McKune, Clifford Strom, Vijay Gajjala
  • Digests to identify elements in a signature process
    Publication number: 20050193202
    Abstract: A signature system with a mechanism to identify element(s) of a signed document includes a sender having a signature module with a digest generator. The digest generator generates digests for identifying selected elements of the document. The resulting “identifying” digests are then used in generating a signature in which the sender signs the digests rather than the original elements. The receiver can then process the signature and use these digests to distinguish between elements, as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Vijay Gajjala, Giovanni Della-Libera, V.B. Balayoghan, Tomasz Janczuk
  • Generic security claim processing model
    Publication number: 20050182941
    Abstract: A system for processing multiple types of security schemes includes a server having a claims engine that extracts claim(s) from security token(s) and maps extracted claims to other claims. The term claim as used in this context is a statement about a token's subject. The claims engine can extract claim(s) from one or more different types of security tokens corresponding to the multiple security schemes. These extracted claim(s) can then be selectively mapped to other claims using mapping information that is accessible to the server. The security decision can then be based on the extracted and/or derived claim(s) rather than tokens. This system can thereby support multiple security schemes and simplify the security process for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Giovanni Della-Libera, Vijay Gajjala, Tomasz Janczuk, John Lambert, Elliot Waingold
  • Security scopes and profiles
    Publication number: 20050182957
    Abstract: A security system with a mechanism to identify types of information that need to be secured and another mechanism to specify how the types are to be secured. The system includes a sender having an application and a receiver having a security module and one or more datastores to store information related to types of information that need to be secured (e.g. “scopes”), how information is to be secured (e.g., “profiles”), and a mapping (e.g., “bindings”) between the scopes and profiles. Scopes can be implemented by application developers. Profiles can be implemented by application deployers and/or administrators. The security module determines which scope is appropriate for the message, and then determines the profile that is mapped to the scope. The security module can then make an access control decision using the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Giovanni Della-Libera, Vijay Gajjala, Tomasz Janczuk, John Lambert