Patents by Inventor Robert P. Monaco
Robert P. Monaco 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).
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Patent number: 10237238Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Publication number: 20180069833Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 9882875Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 9787531Abstract: A method and associated systems of automatic notification of isolation of a first networked device. In response to detecting that it is not being properly managed by a network-management means, the first networked device creates a notification message that identifies the problem and requests proper network management. The device then transmits this message to any other device or networked node that it can communicate with, along with a request that recipients try to forward the message to the network-management means. If a device that receives the message is able to forward the message successfully, the network-management means takes appropriate steps to begin properly managing the first networked device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Publication number: 20160373407Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 9467420Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 9135042Abstract: To provision a secure customer domain in a virtualized multi-tenant environment, a virtual machine (VM) is configured for a customer in the customer domain. A first, second, and third virtual network interfaces (VNICs) are configured in the VM. The first VNIC has a first network address within a first address range selected for the customer domain and enables an application on the VM to access a second application in a second VM in the customer domain. The second VNIC enables a third application outside the customer domain to access the VM in the customer domain. The second VNIC is configured to use an addressing specification used by a server of the third application. The third VNIC enables access from the first application to a fourth application executing outside the customer domain. The third VNIC is configured to use an addressing specification used by a server of the fourth application.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sean Donnellan, Robert K. Floyd, III, Robert P. Monaco, Holger Mueller, Joseph D. Robinson
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Publication number: 20150249643Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 9106610Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Publication number: 20150106490Abstract: A method and associated systems of automatic notification of isolation of a first networked device. In response to detecting that it is not being properly managed by a network-management means, the first networked device creates a notification message that identifies the problem and requests proper network management. The device then transmits this message to any other device or networked node that it can communicate with, along with a request that recipients try to forward the message to the network-management means. If a device that receives the message is able to forward the message successfully, the network-management means takes appropriate steps to begin properly managing the first networked device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Publication number: 20140373007Abstract: To provision a secure customer domain in a virtualized multi-tenant environment, a virtual machine (VM) is configured for a customer in the customer domain. A first, second, and third virtual network interfaces (VNICs) are configured in the VM. The first VNIC has a first network address within a first address range selected for the customer domain and enables an application on the VM to access a second application in a second VM in the customer domain. The second VNIC enables a third application outside the customer domain to access the VM in the customer domain. The second VNIC is configured to use an addressing specification used by a server of the third application. The third VNIC enables access from the first application to a fourth application executing outside the customer domain. The third VNIC is configured to use an addressing specification used by a server of the fourth application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Sean Donnellan, Robert K. Floyd, III, Robert P. Monaco, Holger Mueller, Joseph D. Robinson
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Publication number: 20140366119Abstract: An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Robert K. Floyd, III, Baiju D. Mandalia, Robert P. Monaco, Mahesh Viswanathan