Patents by Inventor Robert Cronk

Robert Cronk 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).

  • Patent number: 7756975
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically discovering information about a domain of a computing device are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the method may comprise receiving connection-characteristic information from at least one common-domain computing device located within the domain of the computing device, identifying, based on the connection-characteristic information received from the at least one common-domain computing device, at least one characteristic of the domain computing device, transmitting domain-characteristic information to a source computing device, the domain-characteristic information comprising the at least one characteristic of the domain of the computing device, and receiving domain-characteristic-dependent data from a source computing device. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Cronk