Patents by Inventor Brian J. Kerr

Brian J. Kerr 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).

  • Systems and methods for determining when results from a criteria scan are deleted from a computing device
    Patent number: 8902449
    Abstract: A method for determining when results from a first criteria scan are deleted from a computing device is described. A first criteria scan is performed on a computing device. Results of the first criteria scan are stored on the computing device. The computing device is disconnected from a first network. An inform packet is broadcast to at least one server. A response is received from the at least one server. The stored results of the first criteria scan are deleted if the computing device determines that the at least one server is not part of the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Crimson Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Kerr, Allen Anderson
  • Systems and methods for facilitating the reuse of a child workflow process by multiple parent workflow processes
    Patent number: 8799174
    Abstract: A business process management system may include a parent workflow process and a child workflow process. The parent workflow process may include a call to the child workflow process. The business process management system may also include a workflow engine that is configured to execute the parent workflow process and the child workflow process, and that is configured to determine an undefined characteristic of the child workflow process with reference to data that corresponds to the parent workflow process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Crimson Corporation
    Inventors: Jason J. Mitchell, Marty Kurzinski, Richard Thomson, Brian J. Kerr
  • Network access control using a quarantined server
    Patent number: 8584194
    Abstract: Network address requests from candidate nodes are directed to a quarantined server rather than a network address server. The candidate node is admitted to a virtual network, enabling the candidate node to access only limited resources of the network and minimizing security risks to the network. The quarantined server determines whether the candidate node complies with a set of security criteria. If the candidate node conforms to the set of criteria, when a second request for a network address is sent by the candidate node, the second request is received by the quarantined server and relayed to the network address server. Thereafter, the network address server will issue a network address to the candidate node, enabling the candidate node to access at least a portion of the full resources of the network. If the candidate node does not comply with the security criteria and cannot be remediated, the network address server will not issue a network address to the candidate node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Crimson Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Kerr, Russell Anderson, Corey Young