Patents by Inventor James R. Zarfoss, III

James R. Zarfoss, 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).

  • Security credential deployment in cloud environment
    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
  • Security credential deployment in cloud environment
    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
  • SECURITY CREDENTIAL DEPLOYMENT IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENT
    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
  • SECURITY CREDENTIAL DEPLOYMENT IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENT
    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