Patents by Inventor Keith J. Welter

Keith J. Welter 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).

  • IKE daemon self-adjusting negotiation throttle
    Patent number: 7895646
    Abstract: A self-adjusting Internet Key Exchange (IKE) daemon negotiation throttle minimizes retransmission processing during Security Association (SA) negotiation requests. The self-adjusting IKE daemon receives a request for a new negotiation to be performed by a negotiation system; determines if the negotiation system is in congestion; and if the negotiation system is determined to be in congestion: determines if a token is available in a token bucket; and if a token is available in the token bucket, removes the token from the token bucket; and performs the new negotiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Cates, Wuchieh J. Jong, Scott C. Moonen, Keith J. Welter
  • IKE DAEMON SELF-ADJUSTING NEGOTIATION THROTTLE
    Publication number: 20070277232
    Abstract: The present invention provides an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) daemon self-adjusting negotiation throttle for minimizing retransmission processing during Security Association (SA) negotiation requests. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a request for a new negotiation to be performed by a negotiation system; determining if the negotiation system is in congestion; and if the negotiation system is determined to be in congestion: determining if a token is available in a token bucket; and if a token is available in the token bucket, removing the token from the token bucket; and performing the new negotiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Cates, Wuchieh J. Jong, Scott C. Moonen, Keith J. Welter