Patents by Inventor Brian Soby

Brian Soby 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).

  • Patent number: 8560541
    Abstract: A system and method for performing security assessments in an online services system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a list of target data for a report; and generating fields in the report. The method also includes populating the fields with composite information; receiving a command to execute the report; fetching the target data using the composite information; and populating the report with the target data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Brian Soby
  • Patent number: 8516591
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for determining a combined trust level for a website. In one embodiment, a user account associated with the creation or maintenance of the website may be analyzed. The analysis of the user account may be capable of identifying the presence or absence of a first risk factor affecting a likelihood that the user account is engaged in a malicious activity. A source code file capable of being used to create a message for sending to a remote computing device may be analyzed. The analysis of the source code file may be capable of identifying the presence or absence of a second risk factor affecting a likelihood that the source code file is facilitating a malicious activity. Based on the analysis, a combined trust level for the website may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Robert Fly, Collin Greene, Brian Soby, James Dolph
  • Publication number: 20120054871
    Abstract: A system and method for performing security assessments in an online services system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an accepted security assessment agreement from a user, where the security assessment agreement is associated with a software application utilized in an online services system. The method also includes receiving configuration data associated with the software application; receiving scanning data associated with the software application; and sending the configuration data and scanning data to one or more security assessment systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Soby, Robert Fly
  • Publication number: 20120054222
    Abstract: A system and method for performing security assessments in an online services system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a list of target data for a report; and generating fields in the report. The method also includes populating the fields with composite information; receiving a command to execute the report; fetching the target data using the composite information; and populating the report with the target data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Brian Soby
  • Publication number: 20110307452
    Abstract: A system and method for performing code analysis in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to scan code for a software application. The method further includes fetching metadata associated with a user, fetching the code for the software application, and scanning the code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Robert Fly, Collin Greene, Brendan O'Connor, Brian Soby
  • Publication number: 20110282908
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for analyzing computing site information. In one embodiment, an analysis tool for analyzing a first site record stored on a storage medium may be selected. The first site record comprising information may relate to a computing site. The computing site may comprise a unit of computing functionality accessible via a network. When it is determined that first confidentiality level for the computing site exceeds a trust level for the analysis tool, the first site record may be modified to create a second site record, the second site record having a second confidentiality level, the second confidentiality level not exceeding the trust level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fly, Collin Greene, Brian Soby, James Dolph
  • Publication number: 20110283356
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for determining a combined trust level for a website. In one embodiment, a user account associated with the creation or maintenance of the website may be analyzed. The analysis of the user account may be capable of identifying the presence or absence of a first risk factor affecting a likelihood that the user account is engaged in a malicious activity. A source code file capable of being used to create a message for sending to a remote computing device may be analyzed. The analysis of the source code file may be capable of identifying the presence or absence of a second risk factor affecting a likelihood that the source code file is facilitating a malicious activity. Based on the analysis, a combined trust level for the website may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fly, Collin Greene, Brian Soby, James Dolph