Patents by Inventor Brent S. Whitmore

Brent S. Whitmore 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).

  • Network analysis system and method utilizing collected metadata
    Patent number: 8631124
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing network traffic associated with network services. Initially, network traffic and metadata are collected from a network. Thereafter, the network traffic is analyzed utilizing the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent S Whitmore, William J. La Cholter, Geoff Lawler
  • NETWORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING COLLECTED METADATA
    Publication number: 20110258315
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing network traffic associated with network services. Initially, network traffic and metadata are collected from a network. Thereafter, the network traffic is analyzed utilizing the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Brent S. Whitmore, William J. La Cholter, Geoff Lawler
  • Network analysis system and method utilizing collected metadata
    Patent number: 7991827
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing network traffic associated with network services. Initially, network traffic and metadata are collected from a network. Thereafter, the network traffic is analyzed utilizing the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent S Whitmore, William J. La Cholter, Geoff Lawler
  • Method and apparatus for securely and dynamically modifying security policy configurations in a distributed system
    Patent number: 6920558
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing security policies in a distributed computing system. Security policies include, but are not limited to, a firewall policy, a policy for file access, a policy for application access, a policy for an encryption algorithm, a policy for audit trails, and a policy for activity logging. These security policies determine access rights to a computer application. The system operates by creating multiple security policies with individual security policies specifying a differing level of security for the distributed computing system. These security policies are then distributed to each computer in the distributed computing system. Next, a specific security policy is selected for use across the distributed computing system, and each computer in the distributed computing system is directed to use the specified security policy enforcing a selected security posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Sames, Brent S. Whitmore, Brian S. Niebuhr, Gregg W. Tally
  • Method and apparatus for securely and dynamically modifying security policy configurations in a distributed system
    Publication number: 20020138726
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing security policies in a distributed computing system. Security policies include, but are not limited to, a firewall policy, a policy for file access, a policy for application access, a policy for an encryption algorithm, a policy for audit trails, and a policy for activity logging. These security policies determine access rights to a computer application. The system operates by creating multiple security policies with individual security policies specifying a differing level of security for the distributed computing system. These security policies are then distributed to each computer in the distributed computing system. Next, a specific security policy is selected for use across the distributed computing system, and each computer in the distributed computing system is directed to use the specified security policy enforcing a selected security posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: David L. Sames, Brent S. Whitmore, Brian S. Niebuhr, Gregg W. Tally