Inventor

Kenneth D. Ray

Inventor

Seattle, WA, US

Overview

1999–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 114 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing52%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication36%

H04WWireless communication networks4%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes2%

A63FCard, board, or roulette games2%

G07CTime or attendance registers1%

G09CCiphering or deciphering apparatus for cryptographic or other purposes involving the need for secrecy1%

G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data1%

H04MTelephonic communication1%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television1%

PatentTitleYear

11,019,056Managing claiming of unrecognized devices for admission to an enterprise network2021 10,880,269Secure labeling of network flows2020 10,862,864Network device with transparent heartbeat processing2020 10,841,339Normalized indications of compromise2020 10,834,061Perimeter enforcement of encryption rules2020 10,791,097Portable encryption format2020 10,778,725Using indications of compromise for reputation based network security2020 10,776,485Virtual machine security2020 10,762,209Boot security2020 10,728,226Portable encryption format2020 10,721,210Secure labeling of network flows2020 10,691,824Behavioral-based control of access to encrypted content by a process2020 10,686,827Intermediate encryption for exposed content2020 10,681,078Key throttling to mitigate unauthorized file access2020 10,673,873Intrusion detection using a heartbeat2020 10,673,902Labeling computing objects for improved threat detection2020 10,657,277Behavioral-based control of access to encrypted content by a process2020 10,650,141Mitigation of return-oriented programming attacks2020 10,650,154Process-level control of encrypted content2020 10,628,597Just-in-time encryption2020 10,558,800Labeling objects on an endpoint for encryption management2020 10,528,739Boot security2020 10,516,682Forensic analysis of computing activity2019 10,516,531Key management for compromised enterprise endpoints2019 10,469,522Key throttling to mitigate unauthorized file access2019 10,447,708Server drift monitoring2019 10,382,459Threat detection using a time-based cache of reputation information on an enterprise endpoint2019 10,348,697Portable encryption format2019 10,263,966Perimeter enforcement of encryption rules2019 10,248,578Methods and systems for protecting data in USB systems2019 10,225,286Using indications of compromise for reputation based network security2019 10,181,034Virtual machine security2019 10,122,687Firewall techniques for colored objects on endpoints2018 10,063,373Key management for compromised enterprise endpoints2018 10,038,702Server drift monitoring2018 9,992,228Using indications of compromise for reputation based network security2018 9,984,248Behavioral-based control of access to encrypted content by a process2018 9,967,282Labeling computing objects for improved threat detection2018 9,965,627Labeling objects on an endpoint for encryption management2018 9,967,264Threat detection using a time-based cache of reputation information on an enterprise endpoint2018 9,967,267Forensic analysis of computing activity2018 9,967,283Normalized indications of compromise2018 9,917,851'Intrusion detection using a heartbeat'2018 9,860,277'Normalized indications of compromise'2018 9,805,196'Trusted entity based anti-cheating mechanism'2017 9,774,613'Server drift monitoring'2017 9,740,859'Threat detection using reputation data'2017 9,716,708'Security certificates for system-on-chip security'2017 9,571,512'Threat detection using endpoint variance'2017 9,537,841'Key management for compromised enterprise endpoints'2017 9,454,661'Key versioning including hash stick technology'2016 9,419,989'Threat detection using URL cache hits'2016 9,305,161'Password hardening system using password shares distributed across multiple servers'2016 9,195,810'Identifying factorable code'2015 8,978,159'Methods and apparatus for mediating access to derivatives of sensitive data'2015 8,918,844'Device presence validation'2014 8,902,043'Mitigating conformational bias in authentication systems'2014 8,800,050'Security system for computing resources pre-releases'2014 8,646,027'Workflow based authorization for content access'2014 8,635,635'Factoring middleware for anti-piracy'2014 8,612,363'Avatar individualized by physical characteristic'2013 8,533,811'Developer phone registration'2013 8,387,152'Attested content protection'2013 8,375,440'Secure bait and switch resume'2013 8,271,516'Social networks service'2012 8,225,390'Licensing protected content to application sets'2012 8,176,485'Launching hypervisor under running operating system'2012 8,141,129'Centrally accessible policy repository'2012 8,135,135'Secure data protection during disasters'2012 8,046,593'Storage device controlled access'2011 8,028,172'Systems and methods for updating a secure boot process on a computer with a hardware security module'2011 7,987,496'Automatic application of information protection policies'2011 7,913,074'Securely launching encrypted operating systems'2011 7,836,504'On-access scan of memory for malware'2010 7,805,761'Disposable red partitions'2010 7,761,618'Using a USB host controller security extension for controlling changes in and auditing USB topology'2010 7,730,318'Integration of high-assurance features into an application through application factoring'2010 7,725,703'Systems and methods for securely booting a computer with a trusted processing module'2010 7,694,121'System and method for protected operating system boot using state validation'2010 7,690,005'Bluetooth TDI and winsock interface'2010 7,676,752'System and method to specify device specific user interface information in the firmware of a USB device'2010 7,602,758'Method to obtain friendly names for Bluetooth devices'2009 7,565,553'Systems and methods for controlling access to data on a computer with a secure boot process'2009 7,529,946'Enabling bits sealed to an enforceably-isolated environment'2009 7,530,103'Projection of trustworthiness from a trusted environment to an untrusted environment'2009 7,506,380'Systems and methods for boot recovery in a secure boot process on a computer with a hardware security module'2009 7,496,768'Providing secure input and output to a trusted agent in a system with a high-assurance execution environment'2009 7,490,352'Systems and methods for verifying trust of executable files'2009 7,478,235'Methods and systems for protecting data in USB systems'2009 7,469,343'Dynamic substitution of USB data for on-the-fly encryption/decryption'2008 7,418,512'Securely identifying an executable to a trust-determining entity'2008 7,409,719'Computer security management, such as in a virtual machine or hardened operating system'2008 7,389,334'Exposing bluetooth compliant wireless device connection as modems or sockets'2008 7,293,251'Initiating and debugging a process in a high assurance execution environment'2007 7,257,737'Systems and methods for analyzing bus data'2007 7,257,736'Systems and methods for analyzing bus data'2007 7,197,745'User debugger for use on processes running in a high assurance kernel in an operating system'2007 7,177,940'Representing a service discovery stream as an N-ary tree'2007 7,127,678'System and method to specify device specific user interface information in the firmware of a USB device'2006 7,110,382'Method to obtain friendly names for Bluetooth devices'2006 7,103,788'Selective suspension of bus devices'2006 7,093,031'Specifying extended configuration descriptor information in a USB device'2006 7,020,801'Systems and methods for analyzing bus data'2006 6,981,181'Systems and methods for analyzing bus data'2005 6,965,368'Game control device having genre data'2005 6,961,942'Bluetooth TDI and winsock interface'2005 6,922,548'Providing remote network driver interface specification services over a wireless radio-frequency medium'2005 6,898,654'Method and system for managing bandwidth on a master-slave bus'2005 6,832,273'System and method to specify extended configuration descriptor information in USB devices'2004 6,779,185'Bluetooth miniport driver model'2004 6,735,720'Method and system for recovering a failed device on a master-slave bus'2004 6,484,219'Host-specified USB device requests'2002 6,311,228'Method and architecture for simplified communications with HID devices'2001 5,974,483'Multiple transparent access to in put peripherals'1999

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1999–2017Patents assigned to MICROSOFT CORP (58)· patent assignee history

1999–2001Based in Bellevue, WA, US· patent location history

2002–2010Based in Redmond, WA, US· patent location history

2005–2021Based in Seattle, WA, US· patent location history

2007Based in Seatle, WA, US· patent location history

2012–2017Patents assigned to RAY KENNETH D (11)· patent assignee history

2014–2016Patents assigned to EMC CORP (4)· patent assignee history

2015–2019Patents assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (5)· patent assignee history

2016–2021Patents assigned to SOPHOS LTD (43)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MICROSOFT CORP	58	1999–2017
SOPHOS LTD	43	2016–2021
RAY KENNETH Dself	11	2012–2017
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC	5	2015–2019
EMC CORP	4	2014–2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Seattle, Washington, US	95	2005–2021
Redmond, Washington, US	16	2002–2010
Bellevue, Washington, US	2	1999–2001
Seatle, Washington, US	1	2007