Patents by Inventor Karen Chouinard

Karen Chouinard 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).

  • System and method for regulating communications to or from an application
    Patent number: 8307419
    Abstract: The flow of information to or from an application on a host machine is regulated by a trusted agent operating in conjunction with at least one security element, such as a firewall or a policy server. When a communication to or from the application is detected by the trusted agent, the trusted agent gathers information about the attempted communication, and formulates and sends a message based upon the gathered information to at least one security element. The security element makes a decision to permit or block at least part of the attempted communication based upon the message received from the trusted agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Richardson, David A. Chouinard, Karen Chouinard, legal representative
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING COMMUNICATIONS TO OR FROM AN APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20110119751
    Abstract: The flow of information to or from an application on a host machine is regulated by a trusted agent operating in conjunction with at least one security element, such as a firewall or a policy server. When a communication to or from the application is detected by the trusted agent, the trusted agent gathers information about the attempted communication, and formulates and sends a message based upon the gathered information to at least one security element. The security element makes a decision to permit or block at least part of the attempted communication based upon the message received from the trusted agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: John W. RICHARDSON, David A. Chouinard, Karen Chouinard
  • System and method for regulating the flow of information to or from an application
    Patent number: 7836494
    Abstract: The flow of information to or from an application on a host machine is regulated by a trusted agent operating in conjunction with at least one security element, such as a firewall or a policy server. When a communication to or from the application is detected by the trusted agent, the trusted agent gathers information about the attempted communication, and formulates and sends a message based upon the gathered information to at least one security element. The security element makes a decision to permit or block at least part of the attempted communication based upon the message received from the trusted agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Richardson, David A. Chouinard, Karen Chouinard, legal representative
  • System and method for regulating the flow of information to or from an application
    Publication number: 20060168213
    Abstract: The flow of information to or from an application on a host machine is regulated by a trusted agent operating in conjunction with at least one security element, such as a firewall or a policy server. When a communication to or from the application is detected by the trusted agent, the trusted agent gathers information about the attempted communication, and formulates and sends a message based upon the gathered information to at least one security element. The security element makes a decision to permit or block at least part of the attempted communication based upon the message received from the trusted agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: John Richardson, David Chouinard, Karen Chouinard