Patents by Inventor Brian T. Robison

Brian T. Robison 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).

  • Automatic sanitization of data on a mobile device in a network environment
    Patent number: 9351163
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a network connection to a central security system in a central network, receiving a message from the central security system, activating a grace window based on the message, and determining whether the grace window has expired. The method further includes deleting, when the grace window expires, one or more objects from the mobile device based on a sanitization policy. In specific embodiments, the network connection is terminated before the grace window expires, and the grace window expires unless the mobile device establishes another network connection with the central security system. In further embodiments, the method includes receiving the sanitization policy from the central security system. The sanitization policy identifies the one or more objects to be deleted from the mobile device when the grace window expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Hunt, Brian T. Robison
  • AUTOMATIC SANITIZATION OF DATA ON A MOBILE DEVICE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140181998
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a network connection to a central security system in a central network, receiving a message from the central security system, activating a grace window based on the message, and determining whether the grace window has expired. The method further includes deleting, when the grace window expires, one or more objects from the mobile device based on a sanitization policy. In specific embodiments, the network connection is terminated before the grace window expires, and the grace window expires unless the mobile device establishes another network connection with the central security system. In further embodiments, the method includes receiving the sanitization policy from the central security system. The sanitization policy identifies the one or more objects to be deleted from the mobile device when the grace window expires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Hunt, Brian T. Robison