Patents by Inventor Timothy Edward Cobley

Timothy Edward Cobley 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).

  • Managing virtual machine security resources
    Patent number: 11157300
    Abstract: In a virtualized environment where multiple guest virtual machines receive security services from multiple security virtual machines, a guest virtual machine automatically transitions to a new virtual security machine under various conditions. For example, the guest virtual machine may select a new security virtual machine when connectivity to the current security virtual machine degrades below a predetermined threshold, or in response to a request from the current security virtual machine indicating, e.g., that the current security virtual machine is about to shut down or otherwise terminate security services to the guest virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Andrew J. Thomas, Chloe Bell, Robert William Allsworth, Mark Andrew Gill, Timothy Edward Cobley, Trevor Neil McGing, Daphne Kyriaki Allamenou, Andrew Colin Piper
  • MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINE SECURITY RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20190250937
    Abstract: In a virtualized environment where multiple guest virtual machines receive security services from multiple security virtual machines, a guest virtual machine automatically transitions to a new virtual security machine under various conditions. For example, the guest virtual machine may select a new security virtual machine when connectivity to the current security virtual machine degrades below a predetermined threshold, or in response to a request from the current security virtual machine indicating, e.g., that the current security virtual machine is about to shut down or otherwise terminate security services to the guest virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew J. Thomas, Chloe Bell, Robert William Allsworth, Mark Andrew Gill, Timothy Edward Cobley, Trevor Neil McGing, Daphne Kyriaki Allamenou, Andrew Colin Piper