Patents Examined by Benjamin A Kaplan
  • Patent number: 11863532
    Abstract: A method including establishing, by a first device, a virtual private network (VPN) connection with a VPN server; establishing, by the first device during the established VPN connection, a meshnet connection with a second device in a mesh network; determining, by the first device, whether the second device is a destination associated with a transmission packet to be transmitted by the first device; and transmitting, by the processor, the transmission packet by utilizing the VPN connection or by utilizing the meshnet connection based at least in part on determining whether the second device is the destination associated with the transmission packet. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Mantas Jonytis, Rytis Karpu{hacek over (s)}ka
  • Patent number: 11860918
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to providing remote access to electronic documents stored in a server system using a virtual secure room, and include actions of authenticating a user at least partially based on credentials the user, at least partially in response to authenticating the user, providing a secure connection between a computing device of the user and the server system, transmitting at least one electronic document for display to the user on the computing device, monitoring the user, while the at least one electronic document is displayed to the user on the computing device, and selectively closing the secure connection in response to one or more of at least one activity and at least one state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas Bret Buckingham, Bryan Osterkamp, Orlando Coleman, Brady Justice, Jonathan Neuse, Sean Thomas, Michael Slaugh, Christopher Thomas Wilkinson, Peter Babcock, Justin Ray White, Peter Bradley Sheeran, Angel Ninette Cade
  • Patent number: 11847218
    Abstract: A virus scanning router may manages a local network, including routing network traffic between devices on the network and routing network traffic being sent to and from such devices via an external communication system. The virus scanning router remotely scans for viruses the files stored on one or more such devices on the network. The virus scanning router may be a device trusted by the other devices on local network to facilitate the virus scanning router reading and scanning one or more files stored on such devices for viruses. The virus scanning router also takes corrective actions such as isolating the infected device or isolating an affected network zone to which the remote device belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventor: William Michael Beals
  • Patent number: 11848950
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an approach to detect intrusion of connected IoT devices. In operation, features associated with behavioral attributes as well as volumetric attributes of network data patterns of different IoT devices is analyzed by means of statistical analysis to determine deviation from normal operation data traffic patterns to detect anomalous operations and possible intrusions. Data from multiple networks and devices is combined in the cloud to provide for improved base models for statistical analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Aridam Das, Arup Bhattacharya, John J Wu
  • Patent number: 11843632
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network receives an attack mitigation request regarding traffic in the network. The device causes an assessment of the traffic, in response to the attack mitigation request. The device determines that an attack detector associated with the attack mitigation request incorrectly assessed the traffic, based on the assessment of the traffic. The device causes an update to an attack detection model of the attack detector, in response to determining that the attack detector incorrectly assessed the traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: K. Tirumaleswar Reddy, Daniel G. Wing, Blake Harrell Anderson, David McGrew
  • Patent number: 11838283
    Abstract: An enclave manager of a network enclave obtains a request to retrieve configuration information and state information corresponding to compute devices and network devices comprising a network enclave. The request specifies a set of parameters of the configuration information and the state information usable to generate a response to the request. The enclave manager evaluates the compute devices, the network devices, and network connections among these devices within the network enclave to obtain the configuration information and the state information. Based on the configuration information and the state information, the enclave manager determines whether the network enclave is trustworthy. Based on the parameters of the request, the enclave manager generates a response indicating a summary that is used to identify the trustworthiness of the network enclave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Delano Ward, Robert Stephen Rodgers, Andrew Phillips Thurber, Eric Voit, Thomas John Giuli
  • Patent number: 11838322
    Abstract: A phishing site detection device extracts, from a phishing kit, a condition of access sources with which the access to a phishing site is blocked. Then, the phishing site detection device accesses a phishing site constructed by the phishing kit using one or more extracted conditions of access sources, and stores an access result for each condition of access sources in an access result storage module. Thereafter, the phishing site detection device sets a condition of access sources with which the access to the phishing site constructed by the phishing kit is blocked, accesses a website to be detected, and determines whether the website is a phishing site on the basis of the access result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kodera, Toshiki Shibahara, Daiki Chiba, Yuta Takata, Kazufumi Aoki
  • Patent number: 11825138
    Abstract: Video content is processed for delivery using an automated process that allows for convenient packaging of encrypted or digital rights management (DRM) protected content in a manner such that the packaged content can be efficiently stored in a content delivery network (CDN) or other content source for subsequent re-use by other media clients without re-packaging, and without excessive storage of unused content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joseph Ekstrom, Jeremy Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 11811518
    Abstract: A method including monitoring, by a processor associated with a first device having an established VPN connection with a VPN server and an established meshnet connection with a second device, communication of transmission packets to be transmitted by the first device; receiving, by the processor, a transmission packet to be transmitted by the first device; determining, by the processor, a destination associated with the transmission packet based at least in part on metadata included in the transmission packet; and routing, by the processor, the transmission packet for transmission via the VPN connection or for transmission via the meshnet connection based at least in part on determining whether the second device is the destination associated with the transmission packet. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Mantas Jonytis, Rytis Karpu{hacek over (s)}ka
  • Patent number: 11811744
    Abstract: A method including transmitting, by a user device to an infrastructure device, a first pre-authentication request associated with requesting communication services from a server, the first pre-authentication request indicating a communication parameter associated with the user device; determining, by the user device while obtaining the communication services from the server, a change in the communication parameter such that the user device is associated with a new communication parameter; and transmitting, by the user device to the infrastructure device, a second pre-authentication request associated with obtaining the communication services from the server, the second pre-authentication request indicating the new communication parameter. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventor: Adrianus Warmenhoven
  • Patent number: 11811737
    Abstract: A method including determining, by a first device having an established virtual private network (VPN) connection with a VPN server and an established meshnet connection with a second device in a mesh network, a transmission packet to be transmitted by the first device; and determining, by the first device, whether the transmission packet is to be transmitted by utilizing the VPN connection or by utilizing the meshnet connection based at least in part on determining a destination associated with the transmission packet. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Mantas Jonytis, Rytis Karpu{hacek over (s)}ka
  • Patent number: 11812260
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing mobile interactions using a mobile communication device and an access device without a connection to a data network. An access device can provide the mobile communication device with a value request message requesting access tokens for an interaction. The mobile communication device provides access data including a plurality of access tokens to the access device. The access device can use the access tokens to gain access to value elements stored in data lockers of the mobile communication device. Upon receipt of the value elements, the access device may provide the mobile communication device with access to a resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Girish Balakrishna Hegde, Deepak Dhiman
  • Patent number: 11811517
    Abstract: A method including determining, by a first device having an established virtual private network (VPN) connection with a VPN server and an established meshnet connection with a second device in a mesh network, a transmission packet to be transmitted by the first device; and transmitting, by the first device, the transmission packet to the second device utilizing the meshnet connection based at least in part on determining that a destination associated with the transmission packet is the second device or to the VPN server utilizing the VPN connection based at least in part on determining that the destination associated with the transmission packet is a device other than the second device. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Mantas Jonytis, Rytis Karpu{hacek over (s)}ka
  • Patent number: 11804953
    Abstract: A key management method serves as an electronic control unit (ECU) in an onboard network system having a plurality of ECUs that perform communication by frames via a network. The method includes storing, in a first-type ECU, a shared key to be mutually shared with second-type ECUs, and executing encryption processing regarding a framed transmitted or received via the network, based on the shared key. The method further includes executing, by the first-type ECU, inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the second type ECUs in a case where a vehicle is in at least one of the following particular states, including immediately after the vehicle is not driving and is entering the accessory-on state, immediately after the vehicle is not driving and the vehicle is entering the accessory-off state, and immediately after the vehicle engine is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Masato Tanabe, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 11797677
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may be performed by a Cloud computing device may use instrumentation code that remains transparent to an application program that the instrumentation code has been injected into, may perform deep packet inspection (DPI) on computer data, or identify a content rating associated with computer data. In certain instances, data sets that include executable code may be received via packetized communications or be received via other means, such as, receiving a file from a data store. The present technique allows one or more processors executing instrumentation code to monitor actions performed by the program code included in a received data set. Malware can be detected using exception handling to track memory allocations of the program code included in the received data set. Furthermore, access to content associated with malware, potential malware, or with inappropriate content ratings may be blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SonicWALL Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Dubrovsky, Soumyadipta Das, Senthilkumar Gopinathan Cheetancheri
  • Patent number: 11792024
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for fast authentication. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a local challenge generator of a client apparatus to generate a challenge on a client device using a derivation function; an authentication engine of the client apparatus to generate a challenge response as defined by a specified challenge-response protocol; the authentication engine to transmit the challenge response to a server, and the server to validate the challenge response, at least in part, by determining whether the challenge was generated within a specified time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nok Nok Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Rolf Lindemann
  • Patent number: 11792235
    Abstract: Techniques for providing network slice-based security in mobile networks (e.g., service provider networks for mobile subscribers) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for network slice-based security in mobile networks in accordance with some embodiments includes monitoring network traffic on a service provider network at a security platform to identify a new session, wherein the service provider network includes a 5G network or a converged 5G network; extracting network slice information for user traffic associated with the new session at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new session based on the network slice information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Verma, Leonid Burakovsky
  • Patent number: 11792204
    Abstract: Results of an authentication process are received. The authentication process allows for a graded level of authentication using a plurality of authentication types (e.g., a username/password and a fingerprint scan). Encrypted data is then accessed. The encrypted data has been encrypted using a plurality of encryption levels. The data is unencrypted based on the graded level of authentication. In a second embodiment, a system and method are provided that establish a communication session (e.g., a voice or email communication session). The communication session is between a plurality of users. During the communication session, an indication is received to change an encryption level for the communication session. In response to receiving the indication to change the encryption level for the communication session, an encryption level of the first communication session is dynamically changed from a first level of encryption to a second level of encryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micro Focus LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Max Grover, Michael F. Angelo
  • Patent number: 11784991
    Abstract: Systems for contactless authentication and event processing are provided. In some examples, a user may request processing of an event. The user may provide user identifying or event identifying information that may be transmitted to contactless processing computing platform. Based on the user identifying information, additional user data may be retrieved. An interactive authentication request may be generated and transmitted to the user computing device. The interactive authentication request may include a request for one or more types of authentication data. The user may input authentication response data into the user computing device, which may then be transmitted to the contactless processing computing platform for evaluation. The authentication response data may be evaluated to determine whether it includes a trigger, whether it matches pre-stored authentication data, and the like. In response, one or more authentication outputs may be generated and/or the requested event may be processed or denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Pratap Dande, Siten Sanghvi, Naga Vamsi Krishna Akkapeddi
  • Patent number: 11783056
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a first device may generate a data block for an ordered set of data blocks such that the data block is cryptographically chained to a given data block preceding the data block in the ordered set. The first device may obtain an encryption key used to encrypt information related to the data block, and use group members' keys to encrypt the encryption key to generate a group key. As an example, the group's members may include a first member associated with the first device and other members. The keys used to encrypt the encryption key may include the other members' keys. The first device may transmit the ordered set and the group key to a communication resource (e.g., accessible by the members). Other devices (associated with the other members) may use the ordered set and the group key to obtain content related to the ordered set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Topia Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Haager, Cody Sandwith, Janine Terrano, Prasad Saripalli