Patents by Inventor Gary C. Gardner

Gary C. Gardner 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: 11700244
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for evaluating an encryption key based on policies for a policy operation, including, but not limited to, receiving user request for the policy operation, determining one or more of a node, group, client, or user associated with the user request, determining the policies associated with the one or more of the node, group, client, or user based on priority, and evaluating at least one key attribute of an encryption key based, at least in part, on the policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Fornetix LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Edwards, Gary C. Gardner, Charles White
  • Patent number: 11063980
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to systems and methods for integrating and implementing ad hoc groups within a policy hierarchy environment. The ad hoc groups may implement particular guidelines for group membership, policy evaluations, and group actions. Systems and methods provide a framework for creating groups, removing groups, and associating groups, nodes, clients, and users with groups and policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Fornetix LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Edwards, Gerald J. Stueve, Gary C. Gardner, Charles White
  • Publication number: 20210185026
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to manipulation of a structure of a policy hierarchy, while reformulating policies associated with the manipulated nodes, or other nodes effected by the manipulation, of the hierarchy. In some examples, a node may be created, moved, and/or deleted, and the manipulated node (and other nodes effected by the manipulation of the node) may reformulate their respective policies based on their new positions within the policy hierarchy. In some examples, nodes indirectly effected by the hierarchy manipulation may be moved within the hierarchy as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Charles White, Gary C. Gardner
  • Publication number: 20210119983
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for evaluating an encryption key based on policies for a policy operation, including, but not limited to, receiving user request for the policy operation, determining one or more of a node, group, client, or user associated with the user request, determining the policies associated with the one or more of the node, group, client, or user based on priority, and evaluating at least one key attribute of an encryption key based, at least in part, on the policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Edwards, Gary C. Gardner, Charles White
  • Patent number: 10931653
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to manipulation of a structure of a policy hierarchy, while reformulating policies associated with the manipulated nodes, or other nodes effected by the manipulation, of the hierarchy. In some examples, a node may be created, moved, and/or deleted, and the manipulated node (and other nodes effected by the manipulation of the node) may reformulate their respective policies based on their new positions within the policy hierarchy. In some examples, nodes indirectly effected by the hierarchy manipulation may be moved within the hierarchy as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Fornetix LLC
    Inventors: Charles White, Gary C. Gardner
  • Patent number: 10880281
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for evaluating an encryption key based on policies for a policy operation, including, but not limited to, receiving user request for the policy operation, determining one or more of a node, group, client, or user associated with the user request, determining the policies associated with the one or more of the node, group, client, or user based on priority, and evaluating at least one key attribute of an encryption key based, at least in part, on the policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Fornetix LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Edwards, Gary C. Gardner, Charles White
  • Publication number: 20170250964
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for evaluating an encryption key based on policies for a policy operation, including, but not limited to, receiving user request for the policy operation, determining one or more of a node, group, client, or user associated with the user request, determining the policies associated with the one or more of the node, group, client, or user based on priority, and evaluating at least one key attribute of an encryption key based, at least in part, on the policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Edwards, Gary C. Gardner, Charles White
  • Publication number: 20170251023
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to systems and methods for integrating and implementing ad hoc groups within a policy hierarchy environment. The ad hoc groups may implement particular guidelines for group membership, policy evaluations, and group actions. Systems and methods provide a framework for creating groups, removing groups, and associating groups, nodes, clients, and users with groups and policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Edwards, Gerald J. Stueve, Gary C. Gardner, Charles White
  • Publication number: 20170250966
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to manipulation of a structure of a policy hierarchy, while reformulating policies associated with the manipulated nodes, or other nodes effected by the manipulation, of the hierarchy. In some examples, a node may be created, moved, and/or deleted, and the manipulated node (and other nodes effected by the manipulation of the node) may reformulate their respective policies based on their new positions within the policy hierarchy. In some examples, nodes indirectly effected by the hierarchy manipulation may be moved within the hierarchy as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Charles White, Gary C. Gardner