Patents by Inventor James R. Zarfoss

James R. Zarfoss 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: 8863255
    Abstract: Techniques are described for deploying a security credential for an application deployed in a cloud. An encrypted security credential is received from a remote system and is inserted into a virtual machine image associated with the application. Upon deploying the virtual machine image as a virtual machine instance, embodiments transmit a request to a cryptex server for a decrypted security credential, the request including the encrypted security credential and a virtual machine identifier for the virtual machine instance. The cryptex server is configured to retrieve metadata associated with the virtual machine identifier and to authenticate the virtual machine instance using the retrieved metadata. Embodiments receive, from the cryptex server, the decrypted security credential for use by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Zarfoss, III, Yong Yuan
  • Patent number: 8838961
    Abstract: Techniques are described for deploying a security credential for an application deployed in a cloud. An encrypted security credential is received from a remote system and is inserted into a virtual machine instance associated with the application. Upon deploying the virtual machine instance, embodiments transmit a request to a cryptex server for a decrypted security credential, the request including the encrypted security credential and a virtual machine identifier for the deployed virtual machine instance. The cryptex server is configured to retrieve metadata associated with the virtual machine identifier and to authenticate the deployed virtual machine instance using the retrieved metadata. Embodiments receive, from the cryptex server, the decrypted security credential for use by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Zarfoss, III, Yong Yuan
  • Publication number: 20140082349
    Abstract: Techniques are described for deploying a security credential for an application deployed in a cloud. An encrypted security credential is received from a remote system and is inserted into a virtual machine image associated with the application. Upon deploying the virtual machine image as a virtual machine instance, embodiments transmit a request to a cryptex server for a decrypted security credential, the request including the encrypted security credential and a virtual machine identifier for the virtual machine instance. The cryptex server is configured to retrieve metadata associated with the virtual machine identifier and to authenticate the virtual machine instance using the retrieved metadata. Embodiments receive, from the cryptex server, the decrypted security credential for use by the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NETFLIX INC.
    Inventors: James R. Zarfoss, III, Yong Yuan
  • Publication number: 20140082350
    Abstract: Techniques are described for deploying a security credential for an application deployed in a cloud. An encrypted security credential is received from a remote system and is inserted into a virtual machine instance associated with the application. Upon deploying the virtual machine instance, embodiments transmit a request to a cryptex server for a decrypted security credential, the request including the encrypted security credential and a virtual machine identifier for the deployed virtual machine instance. The cryptex server is configured to retrieve metadata associated with the virtual machine identifier and to authenticate the deployed virtual machine instance using the retrieved metadata. Embodiments receive, from the cryptex server, the decrypted security credential for use by the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NETFLIX INC.
    Inventors: James R. Zarfoss, III, Yong Yuan
  • Patent number: 5311420
    Abstract: An automatic back corona detection and protection system (200) is provided for controlling an electrostatic dust precipitator (80). The system (200) includes a subsystem for monitoring voltage and current parameters of the high voltage transformer/rectifier (70) of the electrostatic dust precipitator system (100). On a periodic basis, automatic back corona detection and protection system (200) tests dust precipitator (80) to determine what operating conditions are conducive to back corona generation, operating parameters being utilized by the energization control (210) during the test, and then operates dust precipitator (80) at voltage and current values below those for which back corona conditions were detected. In detecting back corona, system (200) utilizes two methods of detection (220, 230).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Environmental Elements Corp.
    Inventors: James R. Zarfoss, Richard A. Hoch