Patents by Inventor Robin Chandra

Robin Chandra 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).

  • Systems and methods to secure data and hardware through virtualization
    Patent number: 7975034
    Abstract: A method to secure data and hardware associated with a computing device is described. A request to initiate a secondary operating system is received. The secondary operating system may be partitioned from a primary operating system. In one embodiment, a reporting program may be executed on the secondary operating system and may also be isolated from the primary operating system. A determination may be made as to whether characteristics of the secondary operating system have been altered. The request to initiate the secondary operating system may be denied if characteristics of the secondary operating system have been altered. However, the secondary operating system may be initiated if characteristics of the secondary operating system have not been altered. In addition, the primary operating system may be initiated if characteristics of the secondary operating system have not been altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Chandra, Artem Egoyan