Patents by Inventor Andrew John Kiggins

Andrew John Kiggins 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: 20210092115
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for enforcing digital signature on a token useable by a network-addressable device to invoke service calls on services of a service provider. A device platform service of the service provider may receive service calls from the network-addressable device and cause one or more operations to be performed by other services of the service provider in response to receiving a notification that the request is authentic. An authentication service analyses a fingerprint associated with a request submitted by the device and determines whether it is a match to a fingerprint generated from cryptographic authentication information provided by the user in connection with registering the network-addressable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ramkishore Bhattacharyya, Rameez Loladia, William Alexander Stevenson, Ashutosh Thakur, Rodrigo Diaz Martin, Andrew John Kiggins, Xin Yi Liu
  • Patent number: 10862883
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for enforcing digital signature on a token useable by a network-addressable device to invoke service calls on services of a service provider. A device platform service of the service provider may receive service calls from the network-addressable device and cause one or more operations to be performed by other services of the service provider in response to receiving a notification that the request is authentic. An authentication service analyses a fingerprint associated with a request submitted by the device and determines whether it is a match to a fingerprint generated from cryptographic authentication information provided by the user in connection with registering the network-addressable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramkishore Bhattacharyya, Rameez Loladia, William Alexander Stevenson, Ashutosh Thakur, Rodrigo Diaz Martin, Andrew John Kiggins, Xin Yi Liu
  • Patent number: 10516694
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enable mitigation of network attacks in communication networks. When a network attack is detected, packets within the communication network are routed through a hierarchical mitigation system, which includes at least two tiers of mitigation devices configured to apply mitigation techniques to the packets. Outer tiers of the hierarchical mitigation system (e.g., closer to an edge of the communication network) can apply simple mitigation techniques that are efficient even when distributed, and which provide early mitigation for attack packets while not requiring large amounts of computing resources. Inner tiers of the hierarchical mitigation system (e.g., closer to a destination device) can apply more complex mitigation systems that may require centralized application, and which provide more robust mitigation at a potentially higher computing resource cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Piyush Gupta, Stephen Andrew Stroud Saville, Andrew John Kiggins, Atulya S. Beheray
  • Patent number: 9432387
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to the generation of a packet signature for packets determined to correspond to a network attack, such as a denial of service (“DoS”) attack. Specifically, a set of data packets captured during normal system operations can be analyzed to determine a set of baseline attributes. Additional packets captured during an attack can be compared to the baseline attributes, to determine, for individual packets, a probability that the packet forms a part of the attack. A packet signature can then be generated to identify attributes that are characteristic of the attack. That signature can then be used to filter out packets and mitigate the attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit J. Mhatre, Andrew John Kiggins, Michael F. Diggins
  • Publication number: 20150215331
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to the generation of a packet signature for packets determined to correspond to a network attack, such as a denial of service (“DoS”) attack. Specifically, a set of data packets captured during normal system operations can be analyzed to determine a set of baseline attributes. Additional packets captured during an attack can be compared to the baseline attributes, to determine, for individual packets, a probability that the packet forms a part of the attack. A packet signature can then be generated to identify attributes that are characteristic of the attack. That signature can then be used to filter out packets and mitigate the attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Amit J. Mhatre, Andrew John Kiggins, Michael F. Diggins
  • Patent number: 8997227
    Abstract: A pattern recognition security system (“PRSS”) generates a packet signature from network traffic, including attack packets. The PRSS can utilize a statistical pattern recognition based approach to generate attack traffic signatures, such as for DDoS or DoS attacks. In some embodiments, the PRSS dynamically creates training sets from actual captured data, allowing the PRSS to adapt to changes in network attacks. For example, more sophisticated DDoS attacks commonly rotate through different attacking computers to vary the packet attributes of attack packets sent to a target system. However, as the PRSS can determine packet signatures based on the actual captured data packets, the PRSS can adapt to the changes in the attack. In some embodiments, the PRSS may determine packet signatures in real-time or near real time during an attack, allowing the PRSS to quickly react to changes in attack traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit J. Mhatre, Andrew John Kiggins, Michael F. Diggins