Patents by Inventor Jonathan Lee Prather

Jonathan Lee Prather 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: 12665929
    Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; a network interface; a userspace application store including a plurality of userspace applications, wherein at least some of the userspace applications are programmed to communicate via the network interface; and instructions encoded within the memory to: enumerate social connections of a user via the userspace applications; assign the social connections to virtual groups according, at least in part, to correlated connection services; assign data transfer policies to the virtual groups; detect an attempted data transfer to a social connection; and enforce the data transfer policy for a virtual group of the social connection of the attempted data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Schmugar, David Allen Marcus, Erwin R. Corpuz, Matthew J. Hodyno, Jonathan Lee Prather
  • Publication number: 20220131896
    Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; a network interface; a userspace application store including a plurality of userspace applications, wherein at least some of the userspace applications are programmed to communicate via the network interface; and instructions encoded within the memory to: enumerate social connections of a user via the userspace applications; assign the social connections to virtual groups according, at least in part, to correlated connection services; assign data transfer policies to the virtual groups; detect an attempted data transfer to a social connection; and enforce the data transfer policy for a virtual group of the social connection of the attempted data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Schmugar, David Allen Marcus, Erwin R. Corpuz, Matthew J. Hodyno, Jonathan Lee Prather