Patents by Inventor Donald N. Simard

Donald N. Simard 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).

  • Device for and method of secure computing using virtual machines
    Patent number: 6922774
    Abstract: A device for and method of secure computing that includes a computer system having a processor; an operating-system software program loaded onto the processor; a type-II virtual machine monitor software program loaded onto the operating-system software program; a user-definable number of non-sensitive virtual-machines; a user-definable number of sensitive virtual-machines, where each sensitive virtual-machine has a user-definable sensitivity level; a user-definable number of encryption virtual-machines, where each encryption virtual-machine is connected to one of said user-definable number of sensitive virtual-machines, and where each encryption virtual-machine includes at least one encryption algorithm capable of encrypting information from the corresponding sensitive virtual-machine according to the corresponding sensitivity level; and a router virtual-machine connected to each non-sensitive virtual-machine and each encryption virtual-machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency
    Inventors: Robert V. Meushaw, Mark S. Schneider, Donald N. Simard, Grant M. Wagner
  • Device for and method of secure computing using virtual machines
    Publication number: 20020169987
    Abstract: A device for and method of secure computing that includes a computer system having a processor; an operating-system software program loaded onto the processor; a type-II virtual machine monitor software program loaded onto the operating-system software program; a user-definable number of non-sensitive virtual-machines; a user-definable number of sensitive virtual-machines, where each sensitive virtual-machine has a user-definable sensitivity level; a user-definable number of encryption virtual-machines, where each encryption virtual-machine is connected to one of said user-definable number of sensitive virtual-machines, and where each encryption virtual-machine includes at least one encryption algorithm capable of encrypting information from the corresponding sensitive virtual-machine according to the corresponding sensitivity level; and a router virtual-machine connected to each non-sensitive virtual-machine and each encryption virtual-machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Robert V. Meushaw, Mark S. Schneider, Donald N. Simard, Grant M. Wagner