Patents by Inventor Timothy McElwee

Timothy McElwee 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).

  • Publication number: 20190349356
    Abstract: A method implemented at a cybersecurity intelligence platform for responding to a cyber-attack is disclosed. The method comprises: detecting an attack at a client device; receiving raw data from the attacked client device, the raw data comprising device data and attack-related data; performing fingerprinting analysis and attacker analysis based on the raw data to generate fingerprinting data and attacker data; issuing an incidence response to the attacked client device; and issuing a federated response to a plurality of client devices belonging to a class based on the fingerprinting data and the attacker data. The client device and a cloud component of the cybersecurity intelligence platform communicate with each other through a bi-directional secure connection that is established as needed. The cybersecurity intelligence platform coordinates responses to cyber-attacks against a plurality of client devices of heterogeneous types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy McElwee, Antonio Challita, Gang Ding
  • Patent number: 10470102
    Abstract: A router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, Flexibility of WLAN passphrase management may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ZITOVAULT, INC.
    Inventors: Ron Keidar, Timothy McElwee
  • Patent number: 10097517
    Abstract: A system for the maintenance and creation of security tunnels between IoT devices and IoT cloud servers, comprising the steps of receiving one or more packets from one or more IoT devices in a smart router, routing the one or more packets to an agent within the router, the agent performing one or more services on the one or more packets, routing the one or more packets to a WAN port of the router, and sending the one or more packets by a cloud secure tunnel to one or more IoT cloud servers. The system may have secure tunnels that are formed between the IoT devices using a unique password for each IoT device. The additional step of selectively stopping communication between the IoT devices and the router, wherein when the communication of one IoT device to the router is compromised, the remaining tunnels with unique passwords are integral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CyberSight, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy McElwee, Gang Ding, Ron Keidar
  • Publication number: 20180063079
    Abstract: A system for the maintenance and creation of security tunnels between IoT devices and IoT cloud servers, comprising the steps of receiving one or more packets from one or more IoT devices in a smart router, routing the one or more packets to an agent within the router, the agent performing one or more services on the one or more packets, routing the one or more packets to a WAN port of the router, and sending the one or more packets by a cloud secure tunnel to one or more IoT cloud servers. The system may have secure tunnels that are formed between the IoT devices using a unique password for each IoT device. The additional step of selectively stopping communication between the IoT devices and the router, wherein when the communication of one IoT device to the router is compromised, the remaining tunnels with unique passwords are integral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: ZitoVault, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Ding, Ron Keidar, Timothy McElwee
  • Publication number: 20170238236
    Abstract: According to embodiments the disclosure, a router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, embodiments of the disclosure improve the flexibility of WLAN passphrase management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Jack B. Miller, Ron Keidar, Timothy McElwee
  • Publication number: 20170238235
    Abstract: According to embodiments the disclosure, a router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, embodiments of the disclosure improve the flexibility of WLAN passphrase management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Ron Keidar, Timothy McElwee
  • Publication number: 20170238183
    Abstract: According to embodiments the disclosure, a router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, embodiments of the disclosure improve the flexibility of WLAN passphrase management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Ron Keidar, Timothy McElwee