Patents by Inventor Bryan R. BORN

Bryan R. BORN 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).

  • Method and system for persisting untrusted files
    Patent number: 10885193
    Abstract: Securely performing file operations. A method includes determining a trust characteristic assigned to a file. When the trust characteristic assigned to the file meets or exceeds a predetermined trust condition, then the method includes performing a file operation on the file in a host operating system while preventing the file operation from being performed in the container operating system. When the trust characteristic assigned to the file does not meet or exceed the predetermined trust condition, then the method includes performing the file operation on the file in the container operating system while preventing the file operation from being performed directly in the host operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan R. Born, Giridhar Viswanathan, Peteris Ledins, Balaji Balasubramanyan, Margarit Simeonov Chenchev, Benjamin M. Schultz, Hari R. Pulapaka, Frederick Justus Smith, Narasimhan Ramasubramanian, Raphael Gianotti Serrano Dos Santo, Nived Kalappuraikal Sivadas, Ravinder Thind, Matthew David Kurjanowicz
  • Method and System for Persisting Untrusted Files
    Publication number: 20190180033
    Abstract: Securely performing file operations. A method includes determining a trust characteristic assigned to a file. When the trust characteristic assigned to the file meets or exceeds a predetermined trust condition, then the method includes performing a file operation on the file in a host operating system while preventing the file operation from being performed in the container operating system. When the trust characteristic assigned to the file does not meet or exceed the predetermined trust condition, then the method includes performing the file operation on the file in the container operating system while preventing the file operation from being performed directly in the host operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Bryan R. BORN, Giridhar VISWANATHAN, Peteris LEDINS, Balaji BALASUBRAMANYAN, Margarit Simeonov CHENCHEV, Benjamin M. SCHULTZ, Hari R. PULAPAKA, Frederick Justus SMITH, Narasimhan RAMASUBRAMANIAN, Raphael GIANOTTI SERRANO DOS SANTO, Nived KALAPPURAIKAL SIVADAS, Ravinder THIND, Matthew David KURJANOWICZ