Patents by Inventor Brian Cockrell

Brian Cockrell 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).

  • Policy-based secure web boot
    Patent number: 10205750
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for providing policy-based secure cloud booting include a mobile computing device and a web server. The mobile computing device determines a remote boot address specifying the location of a boot resource on the web server. The mobile computing device opens a secure connection to the web server and maps the boot resource to a local firmware protocol. The mobile computing device executes the boot resource as a firmware image using the local firmware protocol. The boot resource may be a compact disc or DVD image mapped through a block I/O protocol. The boot resource may be a remote file system mapped through a file system protocol. The remote boot address may be configured using a manageability engine capable of out-of-band communication. The remote boot address may be determined based on the context of the mobile computing device, including location. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Cockrell, Jacob J. Gauthier, Jiewen Yao, Vincent J. Zimmer, Elmer A. Amaya
  • POLICY-BASED SECURE WEB BOOT
    Publication number: 20140282815
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for providing policy-based secure cloud booting include a mobile computing device and a web server. The mobile computing device determines a remote boot address specifying the location of a boot resource on the web server. The mobile computing device opens a secure connection to the web server and maps the boot resource to a local firmware protocol. The mobile computing device executes the boot resource as a firmware image using the local firmware protocol. The boot resource may be a compact disc or DVD image mapped through a block I/O protocol. The boot resource may be a remote file system mapped through a file system protocol. The remote boot address may be configured using a manageability engine capable of out-of-band communication. The remote boot address may be determined based on the context of the mobile computing device, including location. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Cockrell, Jacob J. Gauthier, Jiewen Yao, Vincent J. Zimmer, Elmer A. Amaya