Patents by Inventor Gavin Ackroyd

Gavin Ackroyd 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).

  • Security and permission architecture
    Patent number: 10715530
    Abstract: When a user inputs an action request, such as a requested command, to be performed on a target machine, a management system receives the request and verifies it with a separate authentication and permission system. The verified command request is sent to the target machine. An authentication worker on the target machine accesses a set of policies, local to the target machine, to identify a least privileged execution environment in which the requested command can be performed. The authentication worker on the target machine launches the requested command within the identified least privileged execution environment on the target machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Anand Menon, Guanghui He, Jiahui Wang, Neil Shipp, Nick Voicu, Yi Zeng, Yu Huang, Rajalakshmi Dani, David Hetherington, Zhaoan Liu, Gavin Ackroyd
  • SECURITY AND PERMISSION ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20180063153
    Abstract: When a user inputs an action request, such as a requested command, to be performed on a target machine, a management system receives the request and verifies it with a separate authentication and permission system. The verified command request is sent to the target machine. An authentication worker on the target machine accesses a set of policies, local to the target machine, to identify a least privileged execution environment in which the requested command can be performed. The authentication worker on the target machine launches the requested command within the identified least privileged execution environment on the target machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Anand Menon, Guanghui He, Jiahui Wang, Neil Shipp, Nick Voicu, Yi Zeng, Yu (Kyle) Huang, Rajalakshmi Dani, David Hetherington, Zhaoan Liu, Gavin Ackroyd
  • Security and permission architecture
    Patent number: 9787690
    Abstract: When a user inputs an action request, such as a requested command, to be performed on a target machine, a management system receives the request and verifies it with a separate authentication and permission system. The verified command request is sent to the target machine. An authentication worker on the target machine accesses a set of policies, local to the target machine, to identify a least privileged execution environment in which the requested command can be performed. The authentication worker on the target machine launches the requested command within the identified least privileged execution environment on the target machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Anand Menon, Guanghui He, Jiahui Wang, Neil Shipp, Nick Voicu, Yi Zeng, Yu (Kyle) Huang, Rajalakshmi Dani, David Hetherington, Zhaoan Liu, Gavin Ackroyd
  • SECURITY AND PERMISSION ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20160182525
    Abstract: When a user inputs an action request, such as a requested command, to be performed on a target machine, a management system receives the request and verifies it with a separate authentication and permission system. The verified command request is sent to the target machine. An authentication worker on the target machine accesses a set of policies, local to the target machine, to identify a least privileged execution environment in which the requested command can be performed. The authentication worker on the target machine launches the requested command within the identified least privileged execution environment on the target machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Anand Menon, Guanghui He, Jiahui Wang, Neil Shipp, Nick Voicu, Yi Zeng, Yu (Kyle) Huang, Rajalakshmi Dani, David Hetherington, Zhaoan Liu, Gavin Ackroyd