Patents by Inventor Matthew W. Costello

Matthew W. Costello 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).

  • Patent number: 9602529
    Abstract: A system is provided for modeling and analysis of cybersecurity threats may include a data flow diagram (DFD) creator, threat indicator and threat analyzer. The DFD creator may identify elements of an information system, and compose a DFD including nodes and edges representing components and data flows of the information system. The threat indicator may identify a cybersecurity threat to a particular element of the information system, and add a secondary node representing the cybersecurity threat to the DFD to thereby produce a threat-model DFD for the information system. In metadata associated with the nodes, edges and secondary node, the DFD creator and threat indicator may provide structured information including attributes of the components, data flows and cybersecurity threat. And the threat analyzer may perform an analysis of the cybersecurity threat based on the threat-model DFD and metadata associated with the nodes, edges and secondary node thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Edmund J. Jones, Matthew W. Costello, Martin Schleiff, David S. Miller, Aradhna Chetal, Marion M. Belden, Volha V. Gallup
  • Publication number: 20150288712
    Abstract: A system is provided for modeling and analysis of cybersecurity threats may include a data flow diagram (DFD) creator, threat indicator and threat analyzer. The DFD creator may identify elements of an information system, and compose a DFD including nodes and edges representing components and data flows of the information system. The threat indicator may identify a cybersecurity threat to a particular element of the information system, and add a secondary node representing the cybersecurity threat to the DFD to thereby produce a threat-model DFD for the information system. In metadata associated with the nodes, edges and secondary node, the DFD creator and threat indicator may provide structured information including attributes of the components, data flows and cybersecurity threat. And the threat analyzer may perform an analysis of the cybersecurity threat based on the threat-model DFD and metadata associated with the nodes, edges and secondary node thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Edmund J. Jones, Matthew W. Costello, Martin Schleiff, David S. Miller, Aradhna Chetal, Marion M. Belden, Volha V. Gallup
  • Patent number: 5796807
    Abstract: A telephone recycling system answers an incoming telephone call placed by a user, prompts the user to enter a ZIP Code via the user's touchtone telephone keys, and provides the user with a recycling voice message that varies according to the ZIP Code entered by the user. The recycling message is provided directly in response to the ZIP Code without the user having to provide additional input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventors: Matthew W. Costello, Dan B. Carpenter, Gerald V. McNabb