Patents by Inventor Bryce Cogswell

Bryce Cogswell 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).

  • Managed control of processes including privilege escalation
    Patent number: 8806494
    Abstract: Determining execution rights for a process. A user selects a process for execution. A driver intercepts the execution and communicates with a service or its remote agent. Configuration data is accessed to determine an execution role specifying whether the process should be denied execution or should execute with particular rights to access or modify system resources. The execution role is provided to the driver, and the driver allows or denies execution of the process in accordance with the provided execution role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Russinovich, Bryce Cogswell, Wesley G. Miller
  • MANAGED CONTROL OF PROCESSES INCLUDING PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
    Publication number: 20130298128
    Abstract: Determining execution rights for a process. A user selects a process for execution. A driver intercepts the execution and communicates with a service or its remote agent. Configuration data is accessed to determine an execution role specifying whether the process should be denied execution or should execute with particular rights to access or modify system resources. The execution role is provided to the driver, and the driver allows or denies execution of the process in accordance with the provided execution role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Russinovich, Bryce Cogswell, Wesley G. Miller
  • Managed control of processes including privilege escalation
    Patent number: 8490093
    Abstract: Determining execution rights for a process. A user selects a process for execution. A driver intercepts the execution and communicates with a service or its remote agent. Configuration data is accessed to determine an execution role specifying whether the process should be denied execution or should execute with particular rights to access or modify system resources. The execution role is provided to the driver, and the driver allows or denies execution of the process in accordance with the provided execution role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Russinovich, Bryce Cogswell, Wesley G. Miller
  • Managed control of processes including privilege escalation
    Publication number: 20070199068
    Abstract: Determining execution rights for a process. A user selects a process for execution. A driver intercepts the execution and communicates with a service or its remote agent. Configuration data is accessed to determine an execution role specifying whether the process should be denied execution or should execute with particular rights to access or modify system resources. The execution role is provided to the driver, and the driver allows or denies execution of the process in accordance with the provided execution role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Russinovich, Bryce Cogswell