Patents by Inventor Robert Durham Short, III

Robert Durham Short, III 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 for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private network
    Patent number: 7188180
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for establishing a secure communication link between a first computer and a second computer over a computer network. Initially, a secure communication mode of communication is enabled at a first computer without a user entering any cryptographic information for establishing the secure communication mode of communication. Then, a secure communication link is established between the first computer and a second computer over a computer network based on the enabled secure communication mode of communication. The secure communication link is a virtual private network communication link over the computer network in which one or more data values that vary according to a pseudo-random sequence are inserted into each data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: VimetX, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Larson, Robert Durham Short, III, Edmund Colby Munger, Michael Williamson