Patents by Inventor Matthew Derrico

Matthew Derrico 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing secure access to a computer system resource
    Patent number: 7860986
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing access to a plurality of volumes of storage in a computer system including a host computer. The host computer includes an application layer that includes at least one application program. The application layer is presented with the plurality of volumes of storage that are visible to the application layer. The method of managing access to at least one of the plurality of volumes of storage includes assigning limited access privileges to the application program to access the plurality of volumes of storage. The limited access privileges are less than root access privileges and the at least one of the plurality of volumes of storage is mapped indirectly to one or more physical storage devices so that the at least one of the plurality of volumes of storage does not correspond directly to an actual physical storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blumenau, Christopher Hackett, Matthew Derrico