Patents by Inventor Daniel Pierson

Daniel Pierson 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).

  • SECURE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120174206
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus are provided for a secure computing environment. In particular, in some embodiments a secure computing environment is provide by requesting, by a processor, booting of a virtual machine on a first computing device. A hash value of the virtual machine is verified and it is determined whether an external storage device is present. The result of the verification is written to an environment variable. Additionally, it is determined if the external storage device is paired with the first computing device and the result of the determination is written to an environment variable. The virtual machine is then booted by the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Alpine Access, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Spear, Ken Davidson, Daniel Pierson, Ryan Hebb, Michael Dean Kleck