Patents by Inventor Robert Garland Nester

Robert Garland Nester 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).

  • Lazy evaluation of supply chain policy based on transparency log attestations
    Patent number: 12045590
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium receive a container image and an attestation log. The container image is built from a build pipeline and the attestation log includes information corresponding to tasks utilized by the build pipeline to build the container image. The system, method, and computer readable medium compare the information in the attestation log with policies that includes build pipeline requirements. The system, method, and computer readable medium release the container image to a destination based on the comparison indicating that tasks utilized by the build pipeline to build the container image meet the build pipeline requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Judy Bean, Simon Cobden Baird, Zoran Regvart, Cuiping Huo, Joseph James Stuart, Christophe Giuseppe Augello, Brandon Caton, Luiz Renato Ferreira Carvalho, Robert Garland Nester
  • LAZY EVALUATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN POLICY BASED ON TRANSPARENCY LOG ATTESTATIONS
    Publication number: 20240168739
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium receive a container image and an attestation log. The container image is built from a build pipeline and the attestation log includes information corresponding to tasks utilized by the build pipeline to build the container image. The system, method, and computer readable medium compare the information in the attestation log with policies that includes build pipeline requirements. The system, method, and computer readable medium release the container image to a destination based on the comparison indicating that tasks utilized by the build pipeline to build the container image meet the build pipeline requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ralph Judy Bean, Simon Cobden Baird, Zoran Regvart, Cuiping Huo, Joseph James Stuart, Christophe Giuseppe Augello, Brandon Caton, Luiz Renato Ferreira Carvalho, Robert Garland Nester