Patents by Inventor Kenneth Beasley

Kenneth Beasley 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: 12659327
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes monitoring activities within a compute environment and generating a logical graph model using at least a portion of the monitored activities. The logical graph model includes a set of nodes representative of one or more identities, applications, and resources in the compute environment and a set of edges representative of connections between nodes interconnected by the edges. An operation associated with security of the compute environment is performed using the generated logical graph model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Guo, Theodore M. Reed, Kenneth Beasley, Yijou Chen, Sowmya A. Karmali
  • Patent number: 12452279
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes accessing data representative of a first role associated with a set of permissions with respect to resources within the compute environment and specifying a group of identities assigned to the first role, determining that a first subgroup of one or more identities included the group of identities only uses a first subset of permissions included in the set of permissions to access the resources within the compute environment without using a second subset of permissions, and performing, based on the determining that the first subgroup of one or more identities only uses the first subset of permissions, an operation to reduce permissions usable by the first subgroup of one or more identities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore M. Reed, Bao Nguyen, Kenneth Beasley, Joshua L. Vertes, Adin Aoki, Brandon Maister, Ravi Kiran Kumar, Sowmya A Karmali, Yijou Chen
  • Patent number: 12425430
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes accessing, by a data platform configured to monitor a compute environment, permissions data representative of a set of permissions that specify how an entity is entitled to interact with resources within the compute environment; collecting, by the data platform, runtime workload data representative of an actual interaction by the entity with the resources over a period of time; and performing, by the data platform based on the runtime workload data, an operation associated with modifying the set of permissions for the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore M. Reed, Sowmya A. Karmali, Christopher E. Pedigo, Xiaofei Guo, Kenneth Beasley, Yijou Chen
  • Patent number: 12021888
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes accessing data representative of a first role associated with a set of permissions with respect to resources within the compute environment and specifying a group of identities assigned to the first role, determining that a first subgroup of one or more identities included the group of identities only uses a first subset of permissions included in the set of permissions to access the resources within the compute environment without using a second subset of permissions, and performing, based on the determining that the first subgroup of one or more identities only uses the first subset of permissions, an operation to reduce permissions usable by the one or more identities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Lacework, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore M. Reed, Bao Nguyen, Kenneth Beasley, Joshua L. Vertes, Adin Aoki, Brandon Maister, Ravi Kiran Kumar, Sowmya A Karmali, Yijou Chen
  • Patent number: 9565861
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and formulas are disclosed for producing a shaped baked good with a rounded shape. In one embodiment, the formula may include a high melting point fat and a granular sugar at a weight ratio of about 1:1 to form a rounded cookie piece that minimizes flattening during baking. The cookie composition may be formed by passing a cookie dough between opposing rollers or press plates to form a web. The web may then be baked, rehydrated, separated, and deflashed to form individual rounded cookie pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth Beasley, Shelley Ordiales, Alexandria Strudwick, Brandon Jahner, Amy Dombroski
  • Publication number: 20160353754
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for producing a shaped baked good with a rounded shape. In one embodiment, the methods can include providing a dough comprising a high melting point fat and a granular sugar at a weight ratio of about 1:1 to form a rounded cookie piece that minimizes flattening during baking. The dough may be formed by passing the dough between opposing rollers or press plates to form a web. The web may then be baked, rehydrated, separated, and deflashed to form individual rounded cookie pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenneth Beasley, Shelley Ordiales, Alexandria Strudwick, Brandon Jahner, Amy Dombroski