Patents by Inventor Skyler J. Bingham
Skyler J. Bingham 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: 11991057Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20230300043Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
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Patent number: 11658887Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20230126184Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Patent number: 11552988Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Publication number: 20210297458Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
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Patent number: 11038906Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying threats within a network include collecting network traffic data and providing the network traffic data to a classifier configured to identify patterns within the network traffic data consistent with malicious computing devices. The computing devices identified by the classifier are then validated to confirm whether they are, in fact, malicious. In one implementation, such validation is accomplished by interrogating suspected malicious computing devices with messages according to a particular communication protocol and determining whether corresponding responses received form the malicious computing devices are similarly in accordance with the communication protocol. In certain implementations, after identification and validation of a malicious computing device, an emulated computing device is used to continue communication with the malicious computing device and to log characteristics of such communications to further train the classifier.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Skyler J. Bingham, Thomas B. Boatwright, Jeffrey Bickford
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Patent number: 11038780Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20210014244Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Patent number: 10798123Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Patent number: 10560434Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically provisioning honeynets are disclosed. The honeynets continuously gather and capture unauthorized network traffic and/or other information being transmitted, processed, accessed, and/or executed within the honeynet network that is indicative of a network threat or attack by unauthorized users.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Skyler J. Bingham, Mark R. Shirley
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Publication number: 20190372997Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. BINGHAM
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Publication number: 20190288928Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael BENJAMIN, Skyler J. BINGHAM, John S. REYNOLDS
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Patent number: 10389750Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Patent number: 10320629Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20190158511Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Patent number: 10193921Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Publication number: 20180048656Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Skyler J. Bingham
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Publication number: 20170230336Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically provisioning honeynets are disclosed. The honeynets continuously gather and capture unauthorized network traffic and/or other information being transmitted, processed, accessed, and/or executed within the honeynet network that is indicative of a network threat or attack by unauthorized users.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Skyler J. Bingham, Mark R. Shirley
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Publication number: 20160308739Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds