Patents by Inventor James F. Farlow

James F. Farlow 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).

  • Apparatus and method for preventing access by malware to locally backed up data
    Patent number: 10049215
    Abstract: A method for providing malware protection in connection with processing circuitry including hardware resources and software resources managed by a primary operating system may include providing a trusted operating system to control access to a portion of a local storage area of the hardware resources. In this context, only the trusted operating system is configured to enable writing to the portion of the local storage area. The method may further include storing backup files for the primary operating system in the portion of the local storage area responsive to the trusted operating system granting access to write to the portion of the local storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: David C. Challener, Peter S. Kruus, Russell A. Fink, James F. Farlow
  • Apparatus and Method for Preventing Access by Malware to Locally Backed Up Data
    Publication number: 20170076096
    Abstract: A method for providing malware protection in connection with processing circuitry including hardware resources and software resources managed by a primary operating system may include providing a trusted operating system to control access to a portion of a local storage area of the hardware resources. In this context, only the trusted operating system is configured to enable writing to the portion of the local storage area. The method may further include storing backup files for the primary operating system in the portion of the local storage area responsive to the trusted operating system granting access to write to the portion of the local storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Challener, Peter S. Kruus, Russell A. Fink, James F. Farlow