Patents by Inventor Daniel Sie

Daniel Sie 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).

  • Running internet applications with low rights
    Patent number: 8161563
    Abstract: In various embodiments, applications that are configured to interact with the Internet in some way are executed in a restricted process with a reduced privilege level that can prohibit the application from accessing portions of an associated computing device. For example, in some embodiments, the restricted process can prohibit applications from read and write access to portions of a system's computer-readable media, such as the hard disk, that contains administrative data and settings information and user data and settings. In these embodiments, a special portion of the disk, termed a “containment zone”, is designated and used by applications in this restricted process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto A. Franco, Anantha P. Ganjam, John G. Bedworth, Peter T. Brundrett, Roland K. Tokumi, Jeremiah S. Epling, Daniel Sie, Jianrong Gu, Marc Silbey, Vidya Nallathimmayyagari, Bogdan Tepordei
  • Running Internet Applications with Low Rights
    Publication number: 20110106948
    Abstract: In various embodiments, applications that are configured to interact with the Internet in some way are executed in a restricted process with a reduced privilege level that can prohibit the application from accessing portions of an associated computing device. For example, in some embodiments, the restricted process can prohibit applications from read and write access to portions of a system's computer-readable media, such as the hard disk, that contains administrative data and settings information and user data and settings. In these embodiments, a special portion of the disk, termed a “containment zone”, is designated and used by applications in this restricted process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto A. Franco, Anantha P. Ganjam, John G. Bedworth, Peter T. Brundrett, Roland K. Tokumi, Jeremiah S. Epling, Daniel Sie, Jianrong Gu, Marc Silbey, Vidya Nallathimmayyagari, Bogdan Tepordei
  • Running internet applications with low rights
    Patent number: 7792964
    Abstract: In various embodiments, applications that are configured to interact with the Internet in some way are executed in a restricted process with a reduced privilege level that can prohibit the application from accessing portions of an associated computing device. For example, in some embodiments, the restricted process can prohibit applications from read and write access to portions of a system's computer-readable media, such as the hard disk, that contains administrative data and settings information and user data and settings. In these embodiments, a special portion of the disk, termed a “containment zone”, is designated and used by applications in this restricted process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto A. Franco, Anantha P Ganjam, John G. Bedworth, Peter T. Brundrett, Roland K Tokumi, Jeremiah S. Epling, Daniel Sie, Jianrong Gu, Marc Silbey, Vidya Nallathimmayyagari, Bogdan Tepordei
  • Running Internet applications with low rights
    Publication number: 20060277311
    Abstract: In various embodiments, applications that are configured to interact with the Internet in some way are executed in a restricted process with a reduced privilege level that can prohibit the application from accessing portions of an associated computing device. For example, in some embodiments, the restricted process can prohibit applications from read and write access to portions of a system's computer-readable media, such as the hard disk, that contains administrative data and settings information and user data and settings. In these embodiments, a special portion of the disk, termed a “containment zone”, is designated and used by applications in this restricted process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto Franco, Anantha Ganjam, John Bedworth, Peter Brundrett, Roland Tokumi, Jeremiah Epling, Daniel Sie, Jianrong Gu, Marc Sibley, Vidya Nallathimmayyagari, Bogdan Tepordei