Patents by Inventor Jon Hardman

Jon Hardman 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: 9917835
    Abstract: Techniques for secure message offloading are presented. An intermediary is transparently situated between a user's local messaging client and an external and remote messaging client. The user authenticates to the local client for access and the intermediary authenticates the user for access to the remote client using different credentials unknown to the user. Messages sent from the local client are transparently encrypted by the intermediary before being passed to the remote client and messages received from the remote client are transparently decrypted before being delivered to the local client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Micro Focus Software Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Jon Hardman
  • Patent number: 9754225
    Abstract: Automated risk assessment and management techniques are provided. Assets of an enterprise are monitored within an enterprise repository via their electronic identities. The identities are annotated with business defined values. The annotations can dynamically change based on dynamic policy evaluation and evolving actions of the assets, the state of the enterprise, and/or the state of an enterprise system. The annotations are accumulated and used in customized calculations for purposes of driving automated actions of the enterprise and producing a variety of reporting features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Micro Focus Software Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Worwetz, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Brent Thurgood, Jon Hardman
  • Publication number: 20170093859
    Abstract: Techniques for secure message offloading are presented. An intermediary is transparently situated between a user's local messaging client and an external and remote messaging client. The user authenticates to the local client for access and the intermediary authenticates the user for access to the remote client using different credentials unknown to the user. Messages sent from the local client are transparently encrypted by the intermediary before being passed to the remote client and messages received from the remote client are transparently decrypted before being delivered to the local client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Jon Hardman
  • Patent number: 9531687
    Abstract: Techniques for secure message offloading are presented. An intermediary is transparently situated between a user's local messaging client and an external and remote messaging client. The user authenticates to the local client for access and the intermediary authenticates the user for access to the remote client using different credentials unknown to the user. Messages sent from the local client are transparently encrypted by the intermediary before being passed to the remote client and messages received from the remote client are transparently decrypted before being delivered to the local client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Jon Hardman
  • Publication number: 20150121064
    Abstract: Techniques for secure message offloading are presented. An intermediary is transparently situated between a user's local messaging client and an external and remote messaging client. The user authenticates to the local client for access and the intermediary authenticates the user for access to the remote client using different credentials unknown to the user. Messages sent from the local client are transparently encrypted by the intermediary before being passed to the remote client and messages received from the remote client are transparently decrypted before being delivered to the local client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Volker Gunnar Scheuber Heinz, Jon Hardman
  • Patent number: 8938613
    Abstract: Techniques for secure message offloading are presented. An intermediary is transparently situated between a user's local messaging client and an external and remote messaging client. The user authenticates to the local client for access and the intermediary authenticates the user for access to the remote client using different credentials unknown to the user. Messages sent from the local client are transparently encrypted by the intermediary before being passed to the remote client and messages received from the remote client are transparently decrypted before being delivered to the local client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Jon Hardman
  • Publication number: 20130326218
    Abstract: Techniques for secure message offloading are presented. An intermediary is transparently situated between a user's local messaging client and an external and remote messaging client. The user authenticates to the local client for access and the intermediary authenticates the user for access to the remote client using different credentials unknown to the user. Messages sent from the local client are transparently encrypted by the intermediary before being passed to the remote client and messages received from the remote client are transparently decrypted before being delivered to the local client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Jon Hardman
  • Publication number: 20110231221
    Abstract: Automated risk assessment and management techniques are provided. Assets of an enterprise are monitored within an enterprise repository via their electronic identities. The identities are annotated with business defined values. The annotations can dynamically change based on dynamic policy evaluation and evolving actions of the assets, the state of the enterprise, and/or the state of an enterprise system. The annotations are accumulated and used in customized calculations for purposes of driving automated actions of the enterprise and producing a variety of reporting features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Worwetz, Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz, Brent Thurgood, Jon Hardman