Patents by Inventor Angelo Vals

Angelo Vals 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).

  • Centralized enforcement of name-based computer system security rules
    Patent number: 7930760
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques of using a centralized rule database to control the abilities of software processes to perform actions with regard to resources provided by a computer. As described herein, each software process executing in a computer executes within a chamber and each resource provided by the computer is associated with a canonical name that uniquely identifies the resource. Furthermore, the computer stores a set of security rules in a centralized rule database. In addition, this disclosure describes techniques of enforcing the rules stored in the centralized rule database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Neil Coles, Yadhu Gopalan, Christopher Jordan, Matthew Lyons, Andrew Rogers, Upender Sandadi, Scott Shell, Zoheb Vacheri, Angelo Vals, Sharath Viswanathan, Loren M. Kohnfelder
  • Centralized Enforcement of Name-Based Computer System Security Rules
    Publication number: 20090249436
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques of using a centralized rule database to control the abilities of software processes to perform actions with regard to resources provided by a computer. As described herein, each software process executing in a computer executes within a chamber and each resource provided by the computer is associated with a canonical name that uniquely identifies the resource. Furthermore, the computer stores a set of security rules in a centralized rule database. In addition, this disclosure describes techniques of enforcing the rules stored in the centralized rule database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil Coles, Yadhu Gopalan, Christopher Jordan, Matthew Lyons, Andrew Rogers, Upender Sandadi, Scott Shell, Zoheb Vacheri, Angelo Vals, Sharath Viswanathan, Loren M. Kohnfelder