Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

John Whaley

35Patents
7h-index
22Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 2006 → Nov 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8805788B2 Transactional virtual disk with differential snapshots Physics 57 Active
US8527982B1 Auto install virtual machine monitor Physics 38 Active
US8087017B1 Trace-assisted prefetching of virtual machines in a distributed system Physics 31 Active
US7849267B2 Network-extended storage Physics 25 Active
US8266576B2 Sharing live appliances Physics 14 Active
US9390281B2 Protecting data in insecure cloud storage Electricity 14 Active
US11368454B2 Implicit authentication for unattended devices that need to identify and authenticate users Electricity 8 Active
US11176231B2 Identifying and authenticating users based on passive factors determined from sensor data Electricity 5 Active
US10867025B2 Opportunistically collecting sensor data from a mobile device to facilitate user identification Electricity 5 Active
US9600683B1 Protecting data in insecure cloud storage Electricity 4 Active
US9792134B1 Synchronizing settings associated with virtual computing environments Physics 4 Active
US9063814B2 Binding user data files Physics 3 Active
US10346319B1 Separate cryptographic keys for protecting different operations on data Physics 2 Active
US9753866B1 Separate cryptographic keys for protecting different operations on data Physics 1 Active
US10002000B2 Trace-assisted startup optimization from a virtual disk Physics 1 Active
US10817319B1 Compatibility-based configuration of hardware with virtualization software Physics 1 Active
US9805041B2 Policy based layered filesystem management Physics 1 Active
US9563789B1 Separate cryptographic keys for protecting different operations on data Physics 1 Active
US10606800B1 Policy-based layered filesystem management Physics 1 Active
US10445517B1 Protecting data in insecure cloud storage Electricity 1 Active
US10425384B1 Optimizing connections over virtual private networks Electricity 0 Active
US10540195B1 Synchronizing settings associated with virtual computing environments Physics 0 Active
US8578064B2 Interception and management of I/O operations on portable storage devices Physics 0 Active
US9038064B2 Trace assisted prefetching of virtual machines in a distributed system Physics 0 Active
US9317717B2 Separate cryptographic keys for protecting different operations on data Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.