Patents by Inventor Clint R. Merrill

Clint R. Merrill 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: 9723006
    Abstract: There is disclosed in an example a computing apparatus, including: a process deprivilging engine operable for: recognizing that a process has an undetermined reputation; intercepting a first access request directed to a first resource; determining that the first resource is not owned by the process; and at least partially blocking access to the first resource. There is further disclosed a method of providing the process deprivileging engine, and one or more computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing the process deprivileging engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Zhang, John D. Teddy, Craig D. Schmugar, Erdem Aktas, Clint R. Merrill, Kunal Mehta
  • Publication number: 20170061164
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a system and method for a two-device scrambled display. A first device displays content in a scrambled form. A second device acts as an interpreter, including an input driver for receiving a scrambled input; an output driver for displaying an organically perceptible output; and one or more logic elements comprising a unscrambling engine operable for: receiving an input on the input driver; detecting that at least a portion of the input is scrambled; unscrambling the scrambled portion of the input; and outputting an unscrambled analog of the scrambled input via the output driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Clint R. Merrill, Erdem Aktas, James Bean, Cedric Cochin, John D. Teddy
  • Publication number: 20160381024
    Abstract: There is disclosed in an example a computing apparatus, including: a process deprivilging engine operable for: recognizing that a process has an undetermined reputation; intercepting a first access request directed to a first resource;determining that the first resource is not owned by the process; and at least partially blocking access to the first resource. There is further disclosed a method of providing the process deprivileging engine, and one or more computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing the process deprivileging engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Zheng Zhang, John D. Teddy, Craig D. Schmugar, Erdem Aktas, Clint R. Merrill, Kunal Mehta