Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Gourley

Christopher S. Gourley 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).

  • Protecting and monitoring internal bus transactions
    Patent number: 10572675
    Abstract: A computing device includes a first component, a second component and a monitoring component. The monitoring component, receives, from the first component, a command to issue one or more transactions or data to the second component, and determines whether the first component is authorized to issue the one or more transactions, according to one or more policies or rules, which are received through an out-of-band mechanism to which the first component does not have access. If the monitoring component determines that the first component is authorized to issue the one or more transactions or data to the second component, it forwards the one or more transactions data to the second component. Otherwise, the monitoring component blocks the one or more transactions or data from being issued to the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gourley, Jed Eaton, Ronald L. Shaffer, II, Yousef S. Iskander
  • PROTECTING AND MONITORING INTERNAL BUS TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20180121664
    Abstract: A computing device includes a first component, a second component and a monitoring component. The monitoring component, receives, from the first component, a command to issue one or more transactions or data to the second component, and determines whether the first component is authorized to issue the one or more transactions, according to one or more policies or rules, which are received through an out-of-band mechanism to which the first component does not have access. If the monitoring component determines that the first component is authorized to issue the one or more transactions or data to the second component, it forwards the one or more transactions data to the second component. Otherwise, the monitoring component blocks the one or more transactions or data from being issued to the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gourley, Jed Eaton, Ronald L. Shaffer, II, Yousef S. Iskander
  • Automatic microparticle mark reader
    Patent number: 7720254
    Abstract: An automatic reader system, apparatus, and method for the identification and authentication of articles enabling automatic collection and processing of code data associated with microparticle marks, automatic determination of the code from the code data associated with microparticle marks, and automatic retrieval of reference information associated with the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: SMI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Stierman, Dan Hunt, Chris Zdon, Paul Meyers, Steven D. Zimmermann, Christopher S. Gourley
  • AUTOMATIC MICROPARTICLE MARK READER
    Publication number: 20090136079
    Abstract: An automatic reader system, apparatus, and method for the identification and authentication of articles enabling automatic collection and processing of code data associated with microparticle marks, automatic determination of the code from the code data associated with microparticle marks, and automatic retrieval of reference information associated with the code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SMI HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Stierman, Dan Hunt, Chris Zdon, Paul Meyers, Steven D. Zimmermann, Christopher S. Gourley