Patents by Inventor Andrew Daniel McElroy

Andrew Daniel McElroy 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).

  • Publication number: 20220303311
    Abstract: A Method and apparatus for resilient Decoy Routing without conspiring Autonomous Systems by instead using a DHT routing table is described. In one embodiment of the present invention, there would exist a set of Decoy Routing Nodes which would be connected via a DHT's routing table. This would enable decoy routing nodes to not depend on a predefined list. Traditionally, Decoy Routing depends upon either a pre-configured list of computer systems to connect to or is wholly dependent upon BGP to happen to route to friendly Autonomous Systems that understand the true intent of the packet being routed. This method and apparatus solves these problems by providing a means to use a dynamic routing table, provided by a DHT to ensure that a packet can be delivered to computer systems that understand how to do decoy routing. This approach further ensures that the routing table being used is one that is kept up to date automatically as a function of the DHT providing the routing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Ambit Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Daniel McElroy, Kevin Patrick Kane
  • Patent number: 11297104
    Abstract: A Method and apparatus for resilient Decoy Routing without conspiring Autonomous Systems by instead using a DHT routing table is described. In one embodiment of the present invention, there would exist a set of Decoy Routing Nodes which would be connected via a DHT's routing table. This would enable decoy routing nodes to not depend on a predefined list. Traditionally, Decoy Routing depends upon either a pre-configured list of computer systems to connect to or is wholly dependent upon BGP to happen to route to friendly Autonomous Systems that understand the true intent of the packet being routed. This method and apparatus solves these problems by providing a means to use a dynamic routing table, provided by a DHT to ensure that a packet can be delivered to computer systems that understand how to do decoy routing. This approach further ensures that the routing table being used is one that is kept up to date automatically as a function of the DHT providing the routing table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ambit Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Daniel McElroy, Kevin Patrick Kane
  • Publication number: 20200351305
    Abstract: A Method and apparatus for resilient Decoy Routing without conspiring Autonomous Systems by instead using a DHT routing table is described. In one embodiment of the present invention, there would exist a set of Decoy Routing Nodes which would be connected via a DHT's routing table. This would enable decoy routing nodes to not depend on a predefined list. Traditionally, Decoy Routing depends upon either a pre-configured list of computer systems to connect to or is wholly dependent upon BGP to happen to route to friendly Autonomous Systems that understand the true intent of the packet being routed. This method and apparatus solves these problems by providing a means to use a dynamic routing table, provided by a DHT to ensure that a packet can be delivered to computer systems that understand how to do decoy routing. This approach further ensures that the routing table being used is one that is kept up to date automatically as a function of the DHT providing the routing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: AMBIT INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Daniel McElroy, Kevin Patrick Kane
  • Publication number: 20200233696
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for disambiguating between anonymous users associated with multiple transactions. In an embodiment, a system receives information about a transaction and generates a profile of the anonymous user associated with the transaction. In response to another transaction, the system compares the transactions to determine whether the same anonymous user is associated with both transactions. Upon determining that the same anonymous user is associated both transactions, the system adds information about the new transaction to the profile of the anonymous user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Vivek Jayan, Kumar Ujjwal, Andrew Daniel McElroy, Shyam Rao