Patents by Inventor Norm Schryer

Norm Schryer 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).

  • Apparatus for blocking malware originating inside and outside an operating system
    Patent number: 8667106
    Abstract: A management system for a guard chip. The guard chip is adapted to prevent malware communications between a user operating system and an external network without user interaction. The management system comprises an authentication function to authenticate interactions between the guard chip and the management system with each communication, an update function to provide updates to the guard chip without user interaction, and a control function to prevent users control of the guard chip. The management system can comprise an administrator to create the updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Killian, David Kormann, Christopher Rice, Norm Schryer
  • One-core, a solution to the malware problems of the internet
    Publication number: 20060265486
    Abstract: A management system for a guard chip. The guard chip is adapted to prevent malware communications between a user operating system and an external network without user interaction. The management system comprises an authentication function to authenticate interactions between the guard chip and the management system with each communication, an update function to provide updates to the guard chip without user interaction, and a control function to prevent users control of the guard chip. The management system can comprise an administrator to create the updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Killian, David Kormann, Christopher Rice, Norm Schryer