Patents by Inventor Eduardo Mendonca

Eduardo Mendonca 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).

  • Detecting unauthorized computer access
    Patent number: 8250630
    Abstract: A machine executed method comprising at a first computer, receiving from a second computer a request to gain root-administrator access to an operating system (OS) of the first computer; the first computer, in response to receiving the request to gain root-administrator access, granting the root-administrator access and modifying stored access state data from a first state associated with the OS to a second state associated with the OS, wherein the second state is different than the first state and the second state indicates that root-administrator access to the OS was granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Eduardo Mendonca
  • DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER ACCESS
    Publication number: 20100229219
    Abstract: A machine executed method comprising at a first computer, receiving from a second computer a request to gain root-administrator access to an operating system (OS) of the first computer; the first computer, in response to receiving the request to gain root-administrator access, granting the root-administrator access and modifying stored access state data from a first state associated with the OS to a second state associated with the OS, wherein the second state is different than the first state and the second state indicates that root-administrator access to the OS was granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Eduardo Mendonca