Patents by Inventor Fred Hewitt Smith, III

Fred Hewitt Smith, III 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).

  • System and method for policy driven protection of remote computing environments
    Patent number: 9355228
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving multiple software agents and configuring a network of the multiple software agents according to a predetermined policy. The process can further include facilitating secure communications among software agents of the network of the multiple software agents according to the predetermined policy. A state of one of the system, a system environment within which the system operates, or a combination thereof can be determined, based on the secure communications among the software agents of the network of the multiple software agents. A computing environment can be facilitated conditionally on the state of the one of the system, the system environment, or the combination thereof, according to the predetermined policy to support a mission application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Angel Secure Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Hewitt Smith, III, Cynthia Smith, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Sabin
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POLICY DRIVEN PROTECTION OF REMOTE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20140020049
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving multiple software agents and configuring a network of the multiple software agents according to a predetermined policy. The process can further include facilitating secure communications among software agents of the network of the multiple software agents according to the predetermined policy. A state of one of the system, a system environment within which the system operates, or a combination thereof can be determined, based on the secure communications among the software agents of the network of the multiple software agents. A computing environment can be facilitated conditionally on the state of the one of the system, the system environment, or the combination thereof, according to the predetermined policy to support a mission application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Fred Hewitt Smith, III, Cynthia Smith, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Sabin