Patents by Inventor Kevin N. Smathers

Kevin N. Smathers 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).

  • Compliance management in a local network
    Patent number: 10824729
    Abstract: A local environment verification method, performed by a server of a computer network, includes injecting, into a linear communication orbit, a bundle of information items regarding deployment of a respective local environment verification framework at each of a first subset of nodes in the computer network. The bundle of information items is distributed to a respective node of the first subset of nodes through the linear communication orbit, and used to establish the respective local environment verification framework at the respective node of the first subset of nodes. The respective node of the first subset of nodes is configured to perform a set of local environment verifications using the respective local environment verification framework. The method further includes injecting, into the linear communication orbit, a query message to collect respective local results of the set of local environment verifications from the first subset of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TANIUM INC.
    Inventors: James B. Hoscheit, Kevin N. Smathers, Connor J. Hindley, Christian L. Hunt
  • Compliance Management in a Local Network
    Publication number: 20190018965
    Abstract: A local environment verification method, performed by a server of a computer network, includes injecting, into a linear communication orbit, a bundle of information items regarding deployment of a respective local environment verification framework at each of a first subset of nodes in the computer network. The bundle of information items is distributed to a respective node of the first subset of nodes through the linear communication orbit, and used to establish the respective local environment verification framework at the respective node of the first subset of nodes. The respective node of the first subset of nodes is configured to perform a set of local environment verifications using the respective local environment verification framework. The method further includes injecting, into the linear communication orbit, a query message to collect respective local results of the set of local environment verifications from the first subset of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: James B. Hoscheit, Kevin N. Smathers, Connor J. Hindley, Christian L. Hunt