Patents by Inventor Gerald Batten

Gerald Batten 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).

  • Method and apparatus for fingerprinting systems and operating systems in a network
    Patent number: 9451036
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying the number of computer hosts and types of operating systems behind a network address translation is provided. The method includes processing an internet protocol packet associated with the host computer system. The process may involve capturing the internet protocol packet and extracting key fields from the internet protocol packet to produce a fingerprint. The method continues with analyzing the fields in order to determine if a network address translator is connected between the host computer and a public network (e.g. the internet). If there is a network address translator connected, fields may be analyzed in order to determine the number of computers using the network address translator. The fields may also be analyzing in order to determine with a level of probability that the fingerprint identifies the correct operating system running the host computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Faud Khan, Gerald Batten, Yong Sun
  • Method and apparatus for fingerprinting systems and operating systems in a network
    Publication number: 20090182864
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying the number of computer hosts and types of operating systems behind a network address translation is provided. The method includes processing an internet protocol packet associated with the host computer system. The process may involve capturing the internet protocol packet and extracting key fields from the internet protocol packet to produce a fingerprint. The method continues with analyzing the fields in order to determine if a network address translator is connected between the host computer and a public network (e.g. the internet). If there is a network address translator connected, fields may be analyzed in order to determine the number of computers using the network address translator. The fields may also be analyzing in order to determine with a level of probability that the fingerprint identifies the correct operating system running the host computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Faud Khan, Gerald Batten, Yong Sun