Patents by Inventor Pablo R. Passera

Pablo R. Passera 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).

  • Publication number: 20240098097
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a method of a remote device receiving a pushed over-the-air (OTA) payload from a push server, comprising: periodically collecting, on the remote device, telemetry data from telemetry sensors of the remote device, comprising storing the telemetry data in a local telemetry cache, and mirroring the telemetry data to a telemetry storage service; receiving from the push server the pushed OTA payload; authenticating the push server, comprising proving that the push server has access to the telemetry storage service; and based on the authenticating, accepting the pushed OTA payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Pablo R. Passera
  • Patent number: 11831654
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus having: a network interface to communicate with a second device; a contextual data interface to receive and store contextual data; and one or more logic elements comprising a contextual security agent, operable to: receive a contextual data packet via the network interface; compare the contextual data packet to stored contextual data; and act on the comparing. The contextual data packet may optionally be provided out of band, and may be used to authenticate a substantive data packet, such as a patch or update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Pablo R. Passera
  • Patent number: 10659479
    Abstract: Particular embodiments may include a system, apparatus, method, and/or machine readable storage medium for determining sensor usage by: detecting, at a level below an operating system executing on a computing device, one or more requests from an application to access one or more sensors associated with the computing device; determining, based on the one or more requests from the application to access the one or more sensors, that the application requested unexpected access to the one or more sensors; and performing a remedial action in response to the unexpected access requested by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Pablo R. Passera, Ranjith Kumar Jidigam, Alger Wan Kwong Yeung, Simon Hunt
  • Publication number: 20170180391
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus having: a network interface to communicate with a second device; a contextual data interface to receive and store contextual data; and one or more logic elements comprising a contextual security agent, operable to: receive a contextual data packet via the network interface; compare the contextual data packet to stored contextual data; and act on the comparing. The contextual data packet may optionally be provided out of band, and may be used to authenticate a substantive data packet, such as a patch or update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Pablo R. Passera
  • Publication number: 20160285903
    Abstract: Particular embodiments may include a system, apparatus, method, and/or machine readable storage medium for determining sensor usage by: detecting, at a level below an operating system executing on a computing device, one or more requests from an application to access one or more sensors associated with the computing device; determining, based on the one or more requests from the application to access the one or more sensors, that the application requested unexpected access to the one or more sensors; and performing a remedial action in response to the unexpected access requested by the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander J. Hinchliffe, Pablo R. Passera, Ranjith Kumar Jidigam, Alger Wan Kwong Yeung, Simon Hunt
  • Patent number: 8462945
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method configured to prevent unauthorized copying of video content in a mobile device. The method may use virtualization technology to prevent unauthorized copying of the premium video content. A user OS may operate in a virtual machine. A hypervisor may be configured to prevent an application and/or a corrupted OS from reading premium video content from video memory. The hypervisor may be configured to prevent direct memory access to the video content in the video memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pablo R. Passera, Pablo A. Garralda
  • Patent number: 8442224
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method configured to prevent unauthorized copying of video content in a mobile device. The method may use virtualization technology to prevent unauthorized copying of the premium video content. A user OS may operate in a virtual machine. A hypervisor may be configured to prevent an application and/or a corrupted OS from reading premium video content from video memory. The hypervisor may be configured to prevent direct memory access to the video content in the video memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pablo R. Passera, Pablo A. Garralda
  • Publication number: 20120284631
    Abstract: Methods for generating graphical user interfaces are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes determining device properties associated with a device executing an application and generating a concrete graphical user interface (CUI) based at least on the device properties and an abstract user interface (AUI) of the application. The method includes displaying the CUI on the device and determining a change in the device properties. In one embodiment, the method further includes generating, if necessary, a different CUI based at least on updated device properties and the same AUI of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: German Lancioni, Mario L. Bertogna, Pablo R. Passera
  • Publication number: 20120057700
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method configured to prevent unauthorized copying of video content in a mobile device. The method may use virtualization technology to prevent unauthorized copying of the premium video content. A user OS may operate in a virtual machine. A hypervisor may be configured to prevent an application and/or a corrupted OS from reading premium video content from video memory. The hypervisor may be configured to prevent direct memory access to the video content in the video memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Pablo R. Passera, Pablo A. Garralda
  • Publication number: 20110317831
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method configured to prevent unauthorized copying of video content in a mobile device. The method may use virtualization technology to prevent unauthorized copying of the premium video content. A user OS may operate in a virtual machine. A hypervisor may be configured to prevent an application and/or a corrupted OS from reading premium video content from video memory. The hypervisor may be configured to prevent direct memory access to the video content in the video memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Pablo R. Passera, Pablo A. Garralda