Patents by Inventor Andrew Nissen

Andrew Nissen 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).

  • Automated computing appliance cloning or migration
    Patent number: 8935216
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically cloning or migrating a computing appliance while maintaining its operational state. A configuration bundle that includes configuration data, software revision level and a list of system updates is used to recover or duplicate a device's operation state. The system and method can also be utilized to migrate a computing appliance between different operating system while maintaining or replicating the previous operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Tylor Allison, Aaron Miller, Andrew Nissen, Michael Silbersack
  • Authentication sharing in a firewall cluster
    Patent number: 8887263
    Abstract: A firewall cluster system comprises a first node operable to receive a connection in a firewall cluster having three or more nodes, determine user data associated with the connection, and share the user data with at least another node in the firewall cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Tylor Allison, Anish Thomas, Andrew Nissen, Michael James Silbersack
  • AUTOMATED COMPUTING APPLIANCE CLONING OR MIGRATION
    Publication number: 20140019798
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically cloning or migrating a computing appliance while maintaining its operational state. A configuration bundle that includes configuration data, software revision level and a list of system updates is used to recover or duplicate a device's operation state. The system and method can also be utilized to migrate a computing appliance between different operating system while maintaining or replicating the previous operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Tylor Allison, Aaron Miller, Andrew Nissen, Michael Silbersack
  • Automated computing appliance cloning or migration
    Patent number: 8548956
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically cloning or migrating a computing appliance while maintaining its operational state. A configuration bundle that includes configuration data, software revision level and a list of system updates is used to recover or duplicate a device's operation state. The system and method can also be utilized to migrate a computing appliance between different operating system while maintaining or replicating the previous operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Tylor Allison, Aaron Miller, Andrew Nissen, Michael James Silbersack
  • AUTHENTICATION SHARING IN A FIREWALL CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20130067557
    Abstract: A firewall cluster system comprises a first node operable to receive a connection in a firewall cluster having three or more nodes, determine user data associated with the connection, and share the user data with at least another node in the firewall cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tylor Allison, Anish Thomas, Andrew Nissen, Michael James Silbersack
  • AUTOMATED COMPUTING APPLIANCE CLONING OR MIGRATION
    Publication number: 20090222466
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically cloning or migrating a computing appliance while maintaining its operational state. A configuration bundle that includes configuration data, software revision level and a list of system updates is used to recover or duplicate a device's operation state. The system and method can also be utilized to migrate a computing appliance between different operating system while maintaining or replicating the previous operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Secure Computing Corporation
    Inventors: Tylor Allison, Aaron Miller, Andrew Nissen, Michael James Silbersack
  • AUTOMATED CLUSTERED COMPUTING APPLIANCE DISASTER RECOVERY AND SYNCHRONIZATION
    Publication number: 20090222812
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic disaster recovery and synchronization of computing appliances configured for operation in a cluster. A configuration bundle that includes configuration data, software revision level and a list of system updates is used to recover or duplicate the computing appliance's operation state. Upon entering a clustered configuration, the primary node creates a clustered configuration bundle from individual configuration bundles for the registered nodes in the cluster. The clustered configuration bundle can then be used for disaster recovery or synchronization of any of the registered nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Secure Computing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Nissen, Aaron Miller, Michael James Silbersack