Patents by Inventor Ricky C. White

Ricky C. White 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).

  • Separate secure networks over a non-secure network
    Patent number: 7926090
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and operating separate secure networks over a non-secure network are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a system that includes a router with one or more ports and control logic coupled to the one or more ports (the control logic capable of establishing a plurality of secure data paths with at least one other router across a network), and a plurality of external storage devices (each storage device separate from the router but capable of being detachably coupled to a port of the one or more ports, and each external storage device comprising configuration data defining one or more secure data paths of the plurality of secure data paths). Configuration data stored in a first external storage device of the plurality of external storage devices is different from configuration data stored in a second external storage device of the plurality of external storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: ERF Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Blevins, John Arley Burns, Dale S. Walker, Ricky C. White
  • Router for use in a monitored network
    Patent number: 7818790
    Abstract: A network of routers is monitored by a monitoring server. Each router implements various security mechanisms to secure the operation of the routers. For example, each router comprises control logic that implements a security protocol dictated, at least in part, by contents of at least two separate external storage devices, each storage device separate from, but coupled to, one of the ports of said router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: ERF Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: John Arley Burns, Edward J. Blevins, John Adrian Burns, Charles C. Hardin, Samuel D. Hartman, Dale S. Walker, Ricky C. White
  • SEPARATE SECURE NETWORKS OVER A NON-SECURE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090016357
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and operating separate secure networks over a non-secure network are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a system that includes a router with one or more ports and control logic coupled to the one or more ports (the control logic capable of establishing a plurality of secure data paths with at least one other router across a network), and a plurality of external storage devices (each storage device separate from the router but capable of being detachably coupled to a port of the one or more ports, and each external storage device comprising configuration data defining one or more secure data paths of the plurality of secure data paths). Configuration data stored in a first external storage device of the plurality of external storage devices is different from configuration data stored in a second external storage device of the plurality of external storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: ERF WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Edward J. BLEVINS, John Arley BURNS, Dale S. WALKER, Ricky C. WHITE