Patents by Inventor Evan Hurst

Evan Hurst 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: 11750656
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing secure access to an email server. A gateway server can receive a request for email notification information from a notification server and parse the request to identify at least one user device associated with the request. The gateway server can then determine whether the identified devices comply with any applicable compliance rules, for example by requesting a compliance status from a management server at which the identified devices are enrolled. If at least one of the identified devices is in compliance, the gateway can pass the request through to the email server. The gateway can then receive a response from the email server and provide it to the notification server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruben Nieves, Ian Ragsdale, Evan Hurst, Martin Kniffin, Manish Kumar
  • Patent number: 11601414
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for retrieving contacts from a plurality of federated services. In one example, an authentication notification is received from an identity manager. The authentication notification can include an identifier for a user account and a single sign-on token for the user account. A federated service to authenticate on behalf of the user account is identified. The single sign-on token is transmitted to the federated service for authentication. An authentication token and a refresh token are received from the federated service. The authentication token is determined to expire within a threshold time period. A determination is made that the refresh token has not expired. The refresh token is transmitted to the federated service for a replacement authentication token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: William Christian Pinner, David Shaw, Evan Hurst
  • Publication number: 20230016488
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for signing documents using mobile devices. A request is sent to a certificate authority for a signing certificate. The signing certificate is then received from the certificate authority. The signing certificate is then stored in the memory. Next, a file is received from a client application executed by the processor of the computing device. Then, the file is signed with the signing certificate to create a signed file. The signed file is then returned to the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: LUCAS CHEN, GAURAV ARORA, EVAN HURST, NICHOLAS GRIVAS, NICHOLAS BROUILLETTE, JUBIN BENNY, JASON RUBY, EUGENE LIDERMAN, HEMANT SAHANI
  • Patent number: 11461451
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for signing documents using mobile devices. A request is sent to a certificate authority for a signing certificate. The signing certificate is then received from the certificate authority. The signing certificate is then stored in the memory. Next, a file is received from a client application executed by the processor of the computing device. Then, the file is signed with the signing certificate to create a signed file. The signed file is then returned to the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas Chen, Gaurav Arora, Evan Hurst, Nicholas Grivas, Nicholas Brouillette, Jubin Benny, Jason Ruby, Eugene Liderman, Hemant Sahani
  • Patent number: 11275858
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for encrypting documents using mobile devices. A first application receives, from a second application a file and an identifier of a user account. The first application then sends a request for a certificate to a certificate authority and receives a certificate in response. The file is then encrypted using the certificate, and the encrypted file is returned to the second application. The second application can identify the user account as the recipient of a file. Then, the second application can send an encryption request that includes the identifier of the user account and the file to the first application. In response to the request, the second application receives the encrypted file and then provides the encrypted file to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Lucas Chen, Gaurav Arora, Evan Hurst, Nicholas Grivas, Nicholas Brouillette, Jubin Benny, Jason Ruby, Eugene Liderman, Hemant Sahani
  • Publication number: 20210409394
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for retrieving contacts from a plurality of federated services. In one example, an authentication notification is received from an identity manager. The authentication notification can include an identifier for a user account and a single sign-on token for the user account. A federated service to authenticate on behalf of the user account is identified. The single sign-on token is transmitted to the federated service for authentication. An authentication token and a refresh token is received from the federated service. The authentication token is determined to expire within a threshold time period. The refresh token is has not expired. The refresh token is transmitted to the federated service for a replacement authentication token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: William Christian Pinner, David Shaw, Evan Hurst
  • Patent number: 11146543
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for retrieving contacts from a plurality of federated services. A query is received from a client application executing on a client device, the query comprising a single sign-on token that identifies a user and a character string. A number of federated services that the user has permission to access are then identified. A plurality of authentication tokens are then retrieved from an authentication service, each of the plurality of authentication tokens identifying the user to a respective one of the plurality of federated services. Next, the authentication token and the character string are provided to a respective connector for each of the plurality of federated services that the user has permission to access. A plurality of responses are received, each of the plurality of responses being received from the respective connector corresponding to each of the plurality of federated services that the user has permission to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: William Christian Pinner, David Shaw, Evan Hurst
  • Patent number: 11108825
    Abstract: Managed real-time communications between user devices may be provided. Upon receiving a request to instantiate a communication connection from an application, a secure session may be established between the application and a remote application. Input from a user of the application may be received, subjected to at least one management policy, and transmitted to the remote application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AirWatch LLC
    Inventors: Erich Stuntebeck, Evan Hurst
  • Patent number: 11070506
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing push notifications to a third-party application executing on a client device. An example can include encrypting user credentials, generating a callback Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with at least a portion of the encrypted credentials embedded into the URL, and requesting notifications from an email service to be provided at the callback URL. Upon receiving a notification at the callback URL, a system component can decrypt the credentials within the URL using a private key and log into the email account using those decrypted credentials. The system component can then generate a push notification based on any changes found in the email account and cause the notification to be delivered to the third-party application on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Ragsdale, Neal Foster, Evan Hurst, Ruben Nieves
  • Publication number: 20210126951
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing secure access to an email server. A gateway server can receive a request for email notification information from a notification server and parse the request to identify at least one user device associated with the request. The gateway server can then determine whether the identified devices comply with any applicable compliance rules, for example by requesting a compliance status from a management server at which the identified devices are enrolled. If at least one of the identified devices is in compliance, the gateway can pass the request through to the email server. The gateway can then receive a response from the email server and provide it to the notification server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ruben Nieves, Ian Ragsdale, Evan Hurst, Martin Kniffin, Manish Kumar
  • Patent number: 10924512
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing secure access to an email server. A gateway server can receive a request for email notification information from a notification server and parse the request to identify at least one user device associated with the request. The gateway server can then determine whether the identified devices comply with any applicable compliance rules, for example by requesting a compliance status from a management server at which the identified devices are enrolled. If at least one of the identified devices is in compliance, the gateway can pass the request through to the email server. The gateway can then receive a response from the email server and provide it to the notification server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruben Nieves, Ian Ragsdale, Evan Hurst, Martin Kniffin, Manish Kumar
  • Publication number: 20200410123
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for encrypting documents using mobile devices. A first application receives, from a second application a file and an identifier of a user account. The first application then sends a request for a certificate to a certificate authority and receives a certificate in response. The file is then encrypted using the certificate, and the encrypted file is returned to the second application. The second application can identify the user account as the recipient of a file. Then, the second application can send an encryption request that includes the identifier of the user account and the file to the first application. In response to the request, the second application receives the encrypted file and then provides the encrypted file to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: LUCAS CHEN, Gaurav Arora, Evan Hurst, Nicholas Grivas, Nicholas Brouillette, Jubin Benny, Jason Ruby, Eugene Liderman, Hemant Sahani
  • Publication number: 20200412553
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for signing documents using mobile devices. A request is sent to a certificate authority for a signing certificate. The signing certificate is then received from the certificate authority. The signing certificate is then stored in the memory. Next, a file is received from a client application executed by the processor of the computing device. Then, the file is signed with the signing certificate to create a signed file. The signed file is then returned to the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Lucas Chen, Gaurav Arora, Evan Hurst, Nicholas Grivas, Nicholas Brouillette, Jubin Benny, Jason Ruby, Eugene Liderman, Hemant Sahani
  • Patent number: 10819662
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for facilitating the detection of conditions associated with an automatic reply associated with an email account. The automatic reply capability associated with an email account can be automatically activated in response to a condition associated with a client device, an email message, or an event stored in the user's calendar. An automatic reply message can be activated automatically or overridden by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Airwatch, LLC
    Inventor: Evan Hurst
  • Patent number: 10681163
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing push notifications to a third-party application executing on a client device. An example can include encrypting user credentials, generating a callback Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with at least a portion of the encrypted credentials embedded into the URL, and requesting notifications from an email service to be provided at the callback URL. Upon receiving a notification at the callback URL, a system component can decrypt the credentials within the URL using a private key and log into the email account using those decrypted credentials. The system component can then generate a push notification based on any changes found in the email account and cause the notification to be delivered to the third-party application on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Ragsdale, Neal Foster, Evan Hurst, Ruben Nieves
  • Patent number: 10614423
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing push notifications to a third-party application executing on a client device. An example can include encrypting user credentials, generating a callback Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with at least a portion of the encrypted credentials embedded into the URL, and requesting notifications from an email service to be provided at the callback URL. Upon receiving a notification at the callback URL, a system component can decrypt the credentials within the URL using a private key and log into the email account using those decrypted credentials. The system component can then generate a push notification based on any changes found in the email account and cause the notification to be delivered to the third-party application on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Ragsdale, Neal Foster, Evan Hurst, Ruben Nieves
  • Publication number: 20200021574
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for retrieving contacts from a plurality of federated services. A query is received from a client application executing on a client device, the query comprising a single sign-on token that identifies a user and a character string. A number of federated services that the user has permission to access are then identified. A plurality of authentication tokens are then retrieved from an authentication service, each of the plurality of authentication tokens identifying the user to a respective one of the plurality of federated services. Next, the authentication token and the character string are provided to a respective connector for each of the plurality of federated services that the user has permission to access. A plurality of responses are received, each of the plurality of responses being received from the respective connector corresponding to each of the plurality of federated services that the user has permission to access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: William Christian Pinner, David Shaw, Evan Hurst
  • Patent number: 10530726
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for communicating notifications for received email messages. A monitoring service monitors inboxes to which clients are subscribed. When a message arrives in a subscribed inbox, the monitoring service sends a notification to a notification brokering service. The notification brokering service then forwards the notification to the appropriate notification service for communication to a subscribed client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: AirWatch, LLC
    Inventors: Erich Stuntebeck, Sridhara Babu Kommireddy, Evan Hurst
  • Publication number: 20190281087
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing secure access to an email server. A gateway server can receive a request for email notification information from a notification server and parse the request to identify at least one user device associated with the request. The gateway server can then determine whether the identified devices comply with any applicable compliance rules, for example by requesting a compliance status from a management server at which the identified devices are enrolled. If at least one of the identified devices is in compliance, the gateway can pass the request through to the email server. The gateway can then receive a response from the email server and provide it to the notification server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ruben Nieves, Ian Ragsdale, Evan Hurst, Martin Kniffin, Manish Kumar
  • Publication number: 20190215291
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing push notifications to a third-party application executing on a client device. An example can include encrypting user credentials, generating a callback Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with at least a portion of the encrypted credentials embedded into the URL, and requesting notifications from an email service to be provided at the callback URL. Upon receiving a notification at the callback URL, a system component can decrypt the credentials within the URL using a private key and log into the email account using those decrypted credentials. The system component can then generate a push notification based on any changes found in the email account and cause the notification to be delivered to the third-party application on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Ragsdale, Neal Foster, Evan Hurst, Ruben Nieves