Patents by Inventor Steven C Yee

Steven C Yee 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).

  • Reputation driven firewall
    Patent number: 7761912
    Abstract: Reputation based firewall policy techniques are described, in which, a computer-implemented method may be employed to collect data from a plurality of clients regarding an application attempting to access a network via the clients. The collected data may be exposed to a community of users to obtain feedback on the application which is used to produce a reputation for the application. The reputation may then be provided to the plurality of clients to determine whether to permit the attempt by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven C Yee, Mauktik H Gandhi, Brian R. Hall, Vikram Kakumani, Michael Mitchell, Tatiana Shubin
  • Firewall Restriction Using Manifest
    Publication number: 20080244723
    Abstract: Procedures of using manifest restrictions for use in configuring a firewall are described. In an example, an application including manifest defined restrictions for a firewall is executed. The firewall is configured to permit application access, in accordance with the defined restrictions while the application is executing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Brewster, Steven C. Yee
  • Reputation Driven Firewall
    Publication number: 20080022384
    Abstract: Reputation based firewall policy techniques are described, in which, a computer-implemented method may be employed to collect data from a plurality of clients regarding an application attempting to access a network via the clients. The collected data may be exposed to a community of users to obtain feedback on the application which is used to produce a reputation for the application. The reputation may then be provided to the plurality of clients to determine whether to permit the attempt by the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven C. Yee, Mauktik H. Gandhi, Brian R. Hall, Vikram Kakumani, Michael Mitchell, Tatiana Shubin