Patents by Inventor James William Maude

James William Maude 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).

  • Publication number: 20240004989
    Abstract: A computer device, including at least a processor and a memory, can be configured to control process components on a computer device. An agent can intercept a request to instantiate a new process component. The request can originate on the computing device from an instance of a particular process component amongst a set of process components. The agent can determine whether to permit the intercepted request by validating the relationship using a policy with rules as well as and determining a trusted owner is among the set of identified owners. The agent can permit the intercepted if the determination is to permit the intercepted request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: John Goodridge, Thomas Couser, James William Maude
  • Patent number: 11797664
    Abstract: A computer device, including at least a processor and a memory, can be configured to control process components on a computer device. An agent can intercept a request to instantiate a new process component in a user account of a logged-in user. The request can originate on the computing device from an instance of a particular process component amongst a set of process components. The user account can be assigned default user privileges by a privilege access management service. The agent can determine whether to permit the intercepted request. The agent can permit the intercepted request if the relationship is validated and if a trusted owner is identified amongst the set of identified owners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Avecto Limited
    Inventors: John Goodridge, Thomas Couser, James William Maude
  • Publication number: 20210182380
    Abstract: A computer device, including at least a processor and a memory, can be configured to control process components on a computer device. An agent can intercept a request to instantiate a new process component in a user account of a logged-in user. The request can originate on the computing device from an instance of a particular process component amongst a set of process components. The user account can be assigned default user privileges by a privilege access management service. The agent can determine whether to permit the intercepted request. The agent can permit the intercepted request if the relationship is validated and if a trusted owner is identified amongst the set of identified owners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: John Goodridge, Thomas Couser, James William Maude
  • Patent number: 10963557
    Abstract: There is described a computer device, including at least a processor and a memory, configured to control process components on the computer device, the computer device comprising: an operating system, a privilege access management service cooperating with the operating system and an agent; wherein the agent is configured to: intercept a request to instantiate a new process component in a user account of a logged-in user, wherein the request originates from an instance of a particular process component amongst a set of process components and wherein the user account has assigned thereto default user privileges by the privilege access management service; determine whether to permit the intercepted request including by: validating a relationship between the new process component and the particular process component; and establishing a set of identified owners by identifying owners of the new process component, the particular process and any parents thereof; permit the intercepted request if the relationship is v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AVECTO LIMITED
    Inventors: John Goodridge, Thomas Couser, James William Maude
  • Publication number: 20190080081
    Abstract: There is described a computer device 100, including at least a processor and a memory, configured to control process components on the computer device 100, the computer device 100 comprising: an operating system 102, a privilege access management service 103 cooperating with the operating system 102 and an agent 700; wherein the agent 700 is configured to: intercept a request to instantiate a new process component 120B in a user account 110 of a logged-in user, wherein the request originates from an instance of a particular process component 120A amongst a set of process components 120 and wherein the user account 110 has assigned thereto default user privileges by the privilege access management service 103; determine whether to permit the intercepted request including by: validating a relationship between the new process component 120B and the particular process component 120A; and establishing a set of identified owners by identifying owners of the new process component 120B, the particular process compone
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: John Goodridge, Thomas Couser, James William Maude