Patents by Inventor Nicholas Michael Ryan
Nicholas Michael Ryan 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).
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Patent number: 10769288Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Publication number: 20190311146Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul GARCIA, Michael Michio OUYE, Alain ROSSMANN, Steven Toye CROCKER, Eric GILBERTSON, Weiqing HUANG, Serge HUMPICH, Klimenty VAINSTEIN, Nicholas Michael RYAN
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Patent number: 10229279Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Publication number: 20170213045Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul GARCIA, Michael Michio OUYE, Alain ROSSMANN, Steven Toye CROCKER, Eric GILBERTSON, Weiqing HUANG, Serge HUMPICH, Klimenty VAINSTEIN, Nicholas Michael RYAN
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Patent number: 9563785Abstract: Read data blocks are selectively decrypted and write data bocks are selectively encrypted in an input-output path between an application and a file system driver. If a read data block contains all zeroes, the read data block is not decrypted even though the read data block is a block of an encrypted file. Likewise, if a write data block contains all zeroes, the write data block is not encrypted even though the write data block is a block of an encrypted file. In this manner, the handling of zero blocks of an encrypted file is efficiently processed outside the file system without relying on bitmaps or other data structure maintained by the file system that may inform which blocks contain all zeroes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Patent number: 9542560Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Patent number: 9411623Abstract: A method for coalescing IO requests includes maintaining a queue in a layer of an IO stack of a hypervisor, wherein (i) the queue holds IO requests received from an upper layer of the IO stack without forwarding the IO requests down the IO stack, and (ii) the layer of the IO stack resides above a file system layer of the IO stack. The method further includes receiving, at the layer, an IO request from the upper layer or a notification of a completion of certain IO requests previously transmitted by the layer down the IO stack. The method further includes determining whether any IO requests currently held in the queue should be transmitted down the IO stack based upon a condition; and combining any IO requests in the queue into at least one combined IO request to transmit down the IO stack if the condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Michael Ryan, Krishna Yadappanavar, Prasanna Aithal, Sunil Satnur
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Publication number: 20160162699Abstract: Read data blocks are selectively decrypted and write data bocks are selectively encrypted in an input-output path between an application and a file system driver. If a read data block contains all zeroes, the read data block is not decrypted even though the read data block is a block of an encrypted file. Likewise, if a write data block contains all zeroes, the write data block is not encrypted even though the write data block is a block of an encrypted file.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventor: Nicholas Michael RYAN
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Patent number: 9239729Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving selection of a virtual disk and a plug-in. The virtual disk includes an extent file storing data used by a virtual machine and a descriptor file including a reference to the extent file and used by a virtualization stack of a host computer to manage the virtual disk. The plug-in is attached to the virtual disk in response to the received selection. Attaching the plug-in includes adding an identification of the plug-in to the descriptor file. The plug-in is notified of the attachment to the virtual disk. A request is received from the plug-in to create a sidecar file to store data or metadata on behalf of the plug-in. The sidecar file is created for the attached plug-in. The sidecar file is attached to the virtual disk.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Michael Ryan, Nishant Yadav
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Patent number: 9129120Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Publication number: 20140201850Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul GARCIA, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Patent number: 8543827Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Patent number: 7913311Abstract: Techniques for providing pervasive security to digital assets are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a server is configured to provide access control (AC) management for a user (e.g., a single user, a group of users, software agents or devices) with a need to access secured data. Within the server module, various access rules for the secured data and/or access privileges for the user can be created, updated, and managed so that the user with the proper access privileges can access the secured documents if granted by the corresponding access rules in the secured data.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventors: Rossmann Alain, Patrick Zuili, Michael Michio Ouye, Serge Humpich, Chang-Ping Lee, Klimenty Vainstein, Hal Hilderbrand, Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Senthilvasan Supramaniam, Weiqing Huang, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Patent number: 7729995Abstract: Techniques for managing files in a designated location are disclosed. An example of the designated location is a folder, a directory, a repository, a device, or a storage place. A set of access rules is applied to a designated location such that all files in the designated location shall have substantially similar security. As a result, secured files can be easily created and managed with respect to the designated location and users with access privilege to the designated location can access most of the files, in not all, in the designated location.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Inventors: Rossmann Alain, Patrick Zuili, Michael Michio Ouye, Serge Humpich, Chang-Ping Lee, Klimenty Vainstein, Hal Hilderbrand, Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Senthilvasan Supramaniam, Weiqing Huang, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Publication number: 20090100268Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Guardian Data Storage, LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul GARCIA, Michael Michio OUYE, Alain ROSSMANN, Steven Toye CROCKER, Eric GILBERTSON, Weiqing HUANG, Serge HUMPICH, Klimenty VAINSTEIN, Nicholas Michael RYAN
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Patent number: 7260555Abstract: Techniques for providing pervasive security to digital assets are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a server is configured to provide access control (AC) management for a user (e.g., a single user, a group of users, software agents or devices) with a need to access secured data. Within the server module, various access rules for the secured data and/or access privileges for the user can be created, updated and managed so that the user with the proper access privileges can access the secured documents if granted by the corresponding access rules in the secured data.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2002Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Guardian Data Storage, LLCInventors: Alain Rossmann, Patrick Zuili, Michael Michio Ouya, Serge Humpich, Chang-Ping Lee, Klimenty Vainstein, Hal Hilderbrand, Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Senthilvasan Supramaniam, Weiqing Huang, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Publication number: 20030154381Abstract: Techniques for managing access to digital assets via a designated place or its sub-places are disclosed. The designated place may be a file folder, a directory, a local or remote store. The designated place is characterized by or associated with a securing module that causes all files stored in the designated place to have substantially similar security. In other words, a file to be secured can be simply dropped into the designated place and the securing module is configured to take actions to secure the file transparently in accordance with the security characteristics of the designated place. Likewise, a designated place can be set up to unsecure the secured files being deposited in the designated place, provided a user of the secured files is permitted to do so.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: Pervasive Security Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Publication number: 20030110131Abstract: Techniques for providing pervasive security to digital assets are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a server is configured to provide access control (AC) management for a user (e.g., a single user, a group of users, software agents or devices) with a need to access secured data. Within the server module, various access rules for the secured data and/or access privileges for the user can be created, updated and managed so that the user with the proper access privileges can access the secured documents if granted by the corresponding access rules in the secured data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: SecretSEAL Inc.Inventors: Rossmann Alain, Patrick Zuili, Michael Michio Ouye, Serge Humpich, Chang-Ping Lee, Klimenty Vainstein, Hal Hilderbrand, Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Senthilvasan Supramaniam, Weiqing Huang, Nicholas Michael Ryan