Patents by Inventor Keith Robertson

Keith Robertson 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: 11962696
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for removing unused encryption key files from a computing device. In an example, a key removal tool can identify three sets of keys to preserve. For the first set, the key removal tool can append a device identifier to known key names and add the resulting key file names to a whitelist. For the second set, the key removal tool can identify keys associated with certificates on the computing device and add their corresponding file names to the whitelist. The third set can correspond to keys created after a cutoff timestamp. The key removal tool can delete all key files with key file names not on the whitelist that were created before the cutoff timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Robertson, Sagar Date
  • Publication number: 20240099556
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of object enhancement in endoscopy images includes capturing an image of an object within a surgical operative site via an imaging device, determining a size of the object based on the captured image of the object, displaying the captured image of the object, and displaying on the displayed captured image of the object a representation of the determined size of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenlyn S. Bonn, Dustin S. Slater, Justin Rogers, James R. Fagan, Anjali Dhiman, John W. Linebarger, Rayne Robertson, Keith W. Malang, Matthew Savary, Joshua R. Snow, Tyler J. Bagrosky, Luciano Mazzaro, Jason M. Mucilli, Dylan R. Kingsley, Christopher S. Rainieri, Amanda H. Lennartz, Alexandre Linhares Vieira, Kent L. Howe
  • Patent number: 11848931
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for delegating authentication to certificate authorities. A connector service identifies a certificate request from a messenger service. The certificate request includes a credential identifier for a certificate authority. An authentication credential is retrieved using the credential identifier. A certificate request and the certificate authority authentication credential are transmitted to the certificate authority. A certificate is retrieved and provided as a response to the certificate request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Liderman, Rahul Parwani, Kiran Rohankar, Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 11831670
    Abstract: A server system obtains, for machines in a distributed system, system risk information, such as information identifying open sessions between respective users and respective machines, information identifying vulnerabilities in respective machines; and administrative rights information identifying groups of users having administrative rights to respective machines. The server system determines security risk factors, including risk factors related to lateral movement between logically coupled machines, and generates machine risk assessment values for at least a subset of the machines, based on a weighted combination of the risk factors. A user interface that includes a list of machines, sorted in accordance with the machine risk assessment values is presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TANIUM INC.
    Inventors: Stefan Horst-Guenter Molls, Joshua M. Bryant, Keith A. Robertson, John E. Foscue
  • Publication number: 20230106183
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for removing unused encryption key files from a computing device. In an example, a key removal tool can identify three sets of keys to preserve. For the first set, the key removal tool can append a device identifier to known key names and add the resulting key file names to a whitelist. For the second set, the key removal tool can identify keys associated with certificates on the computing device and add their corresponding file names to the whitelist. The third set can correspond to keys created after a cutoff timestamp. The key removal tool can delete all key files with key file names not on the whitelist that were created before the cutoff timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Keith Robertson, Sagar Date
  • Patent number: 11590864
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat locking device, in particular a rear seat backrest locking device, equipped with a retaining bracket that is connected to a vehicle body and can move relative thereto, and with a catch, seat-mounted, for the retaining bracket. According to the invention, the retaining bracket is connected to a rocker that can pivot with respect to a vehicle body-mounted base, about an axis that is at a distance from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 11377879
    Abstract: A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle side-door latch, comprising a latch plate and comprising a locking mechanism which is mounted on the latch plate and consists substantially of a catch and pawl. The latch plate has an inlet jaw for a latch holder that enters therein and interacts with the locking mechanism. The inlet jaw is reinforced by a circumferential flange. According to the invention, the flange has at least one interruption which completely or partially reduces its installation height in order to compensate for deformations of the latch plate caused by tensile forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Stelian Borlodan, Jim Zhuang, Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 11306518
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a motor vehicle door lock, in particular tailgate lock, which is provided with a locking mechanism (1, 2) essentially consisting of a rotary latch (1) and a pawl (2). Furthermore, as required, an unlocking/opening actuator (6) as well as a locking actuator (7) may be realised. In addition at least one sensor (12, 13) assigned to the locking actuator (7) is provided. According to the invention the sensor (12, 13) is arranged at a distance from a locking mechanism plane protected in the lock interior, and is impacted by means of an actuating element (14) following the locking actuator (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Bryan D. Bishop, Keith Robertson, John Dey
  • Publication number: 20220029990
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for delegating authentication to certificate authorities. A connector service identifies a certificate request from a messenger service. The certificate request includes a credential identifier for a certificate authority. An authentication credential is retrieved using the credential identifier. A certificate request and the certificate authority authentication credential are transmitted to the certificate authority. A certificate is retrieved and provided as a response to the certificate request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Eugene Liderman, Rahul Parwani, Kiran Rohankar, Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 11165774
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for delegating authentication to certificate authorities. A first request for a certificate is received from a client device. Then a certificate request can be created. The certificate request may include a credential identifier for a certificate authority. The credential identifier may uniquely identify an authentication credential to use to request the certificate from certificate authority. The certificate request can then be added to a message queue. Later, a second request from another computing device is received and the message stored in the message queue is provided in response. A certificate is then received from the other computing device and is provided to the client device in response to the first request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Liderman, Rahul Parwani, Kiran Rohankar, Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 11135948
    Abstract: A latching device for automotive applications, in particular a backrest latch for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests in motor vehicles. The latching device in its basic construction is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting predominantly of a catch and predominantly a pawl. Furthermore, an element which can be mechanically impinged by a drive unit, in particular an unbolting element is provided for the locking mechanism. In accordance with the invention, the drive unit for the element and in particular the unbolting element is equipped with at least an end stop demonstrating a cantilever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Jim Zhuang, Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 11060328
    Abstract: A latching device for a backrest latch of a motor vehicle for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests includes a locking mechanism having a catch and at least one pawl, and an unbolting element for the locking mechanism which can be acted on manually and/or mechanically, whereby the unbolting element is a component of an exchangeable unbolting module and whereby the unbolting module forms a latch housing together with a basic module accommodating the locking mechanism, whereby the unbolting element is formed as a multifunctional element and whereby at least a switching and/or attenuation function can be executed by the multifunctional element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Keith Robertson, Jim Zhuang, Philip Morrison
  • Publication number: 20210189772
    Abstract: A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle side-door latch, comprising a latch plate and comprising a locking mechanism which is mounted on the latch plate and consists substantially of a catch and pawl. The latch plate has an inlet jaw for a latch holder that enters therein and interacts with the locking mechanism. The inlet jaw is reinforced by a circumferential flange. According to the invention, the flange has at least one interruption which completely or partially reduces its installation height in order to compensate for deformations of the latch plate caused by tensile forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Stelian Borlodan, Jim Zhuang, Keith Robertson
  • Publication number: 20210170923
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat locking device, in particular a rear seat backrest locking device, equipped with a retaining bracket that is connected to a vehicle body and can move relative thereto, and with a catch, seat-mounted, for the retaining bracket. According to the invention, the retaining bracket is connected to a rocker that can pivot with respect to a vehicle body-mounted base, about an axis that is at a distance from the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Keith Robertson
  • Patent number: 10961752
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a motor vehicle latch demonstrating a locking mechanism comprising a catch and at least a pawl, a latch plate (1), whereby the locking mechanism can be accommodated in the latch plate (1) and the latch plate (1) demonstrates an inlet area (12), whereby a latch holder (13) can be inserted to interact with the locking mechanism in the inlet area (12) and with at least a deformation (11) formed in a peripheral area of the inlet area (12) in the latch plate (1), whereby the deformation (11) is arranged at least in places directly on an edge of the inlet area (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Stelian Borlodan, Keith Robertson, Jim Zhuang
  • Patent number: 10864831
    Abstract: A motor vehicle latch, in particular, a backrest latch on a motor vehicle seat. This latch is fitted with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a catch, of a comfort pawl that secures the catch, as well as a pawl that acts on the comfort pawl. The pawl and the catch are resiliently coupled with the aid of at least one spring. The pawl is fitted with a securing arm and an actuating arm spaced apart from the securing arm over a predefined rotation angle, in each case for the comfort pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Jim Zhuang, Scott Brown, Keith Robertson
  • Publication number: 20200223330
    Abstract: A motor vehicle latch, in particular, a backrest latch on a motor vehicle seat. This latch is fitted with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a catch, of a comfort pawl that secures the catch, as well as a pawl that acts on the comfort pawl. The pawl and the catch are resiliently coupled with the aid of at least one spring. The pawl is fitted with a securing arm and an actuating arm spaced apart from the securing arm over a predefined rotation angle, in each case for the comfort pawl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jim Zhuang, Scott Brown, Keith Robertson
  • Publication number: 20200195642
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for delegating authentication to certificate authorities. A first request for a certificate is received from a client device. Then a certificate request can be created. The certificate request may include a credential identifier for a certificate authority. The credential identifier may uniquely identify an authentication credential to use to request the certificate from certificate authority. The certificate request can then be added to a message queue. Later, a second request from another computing device is received and the message stored in the message queue is provided in response. A certificate is then received from the other computing device and is provided to the client device in response to the first request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Eugene Liderman, Rahul Parwani, Kiran Rohankar, Keith Robertson
  • Publication number: 20190359090
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a latching device (1) for a backrest of a motor vehicle, with a locking mechanism (4) fundamentally comprising a catch (5) and at least one pawl, whereby the catch (5) is pivotable and is accommodated in the latching device (1) to accommodate a latch holder (6) and whereby the locking mechanism (4) can be transferred at least into a main ratchet position, and preferably into a pre-ratchet position and a main ratchet position, by means of the latch holder (6), a latch housing (10), whereby the latch housing (10) has at least an integrated recess (13, 14, 15) and whereby the recess (13, 14,15) is formed as a damping means (11) for the latch holder (6) in the main ratchet position and whereby the integrated damping means (11) has a cooperating section (17), whereby the cooperating section (17) has a supportive effect on the damping means (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Keith Robertson, Jim Zhuang, Philip Morrison
  • Publication number: 20190360242
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a latching device (1) for a backrest latch of a motor vehicle for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests, with a locking mechanism (6) having as essential components a catch (7) and at least one pawl (8), and with an unbolting element (18) for the locking mechanism (6) which can be acted on manually and/or mechanically, whereby the unbolting element (18) is a component of an exchangeable unbolting module (2) and whereby the unbolting module (2) forms a latch housing (5) together with a basic module (3) accommodating the locking mechanism (6), whereby the unbolting element (18) is formed as a multifunctional element (18) and whereby at least a switching and/or attenuation function can be executed by means of the multifunctional element (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Keith Robertson, Jim Zhuang, Philip Morrison