Patents by Inventor William Roberson

William Roberson 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: 20220333899
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accessory mount configured to attach a flashlight to the handguard of a firearm, in particular a rifle. An example accessory mount comprises: a base configured to be removably coupled to a handguard of a firearm; and an accessory interface configured to provide multiple lateral mounting positions for an accessory, such as a flashlight. The accessory interface comprises two parallel rows of overlapping holes. Each of the two parallel rows of overlapping holes includes at least two overlapping holes aligned linearly with each other, each of the overlapping holes includes a tapered inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: 11435163
    Abstract: An offset optic mount can be detachably mounted to an accessory rail of a firearm in a cantilevered fashion with its distal end extending laterally from the firearm. An offset optic mount includes: a base adapted to be mounted to the accessory rail; an optic adapter plate configured so that an optical sight can be attached thereto, the optic adapter plate is offset at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the base; and a stem adapted to connect the optic adapter plate to the base, the stem is a reversable piece used to set and change the offset angle of the optic adapter plate relative to the longitudinal axis of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARISAKA LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: 11385026
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flashlight mount configured to attach a flashlight to the handguard of a firearm, in particular a rifle. An example flashlight mount comprises a base configured to be removably coupled to a handguard of a firearm; and an extension that includes an accessory interface configured to provide multiple lateral mounting positions for a flashlight. The accessory interface comprises two parallel rows of overlapping holes. Each of the two parallel rows of overlapping holes includes at least two overlapping holes aligned linearly with each other, each of the overlapping holes includes a tapered inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ARISAKA LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Publication number: 20220057172
    Abstract: An offset optic mount can be detachably mounted to an accessory rail of a firearm in a cantilevered fashion with its distal end extending laterally from the firearm. An offset optic mount includes: a base adapted to be mounted to the accessory rail; an optic adapter plate configured so that an optical sight can be attached thereto, the optic adapter plate is offset at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the base; and a stem adapted to connect the optic adapter plate to the base, the stem is a reversable piece used to set and change the offset angle of the optic adapter plate relative to the longitudinal axis of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Publication number: 20210262766
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flashlight mount configured to attach a flashlight to the handguard of a firearm, in particular a rifle. An example flashlight mount comprises a base configured to be removably coupled to a handguard of a firearm; and an extension that includes an accessory interface configured to provide multiple lateral mounting positions for a flashlight. The accessory interface comprises two parallel rows of overlapping holes. Each of the two parallel rows of overlapping holes includes at least two overlapping holes aligned linearly with each other, each of the overlapping holes includes a tapered inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: 11067365
    Abstract: An offset optic mount can be detachably mounted at its proximal end to an accessory rail of a firearm in a cantilevered fashion with its distal end extending laterally from the firearm. An offset optic mount includes: a base and a clamp member on the proximal end, the base is adapted to be mounted to the accessory rail by the clamp member; an optic adapter plate on the distal end, the optic adapter plate is configured so that an optical sight can be attached thereto, the optic adapter plate is offset at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the base; and a stem adapted to connect the optic adapter plate to the base, the stem is a reversable piece used to set and change the offset angle of the optic adapter plate relative to the longitudinal axis of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Publication number: 20210055078
    Abstract: An offset optic mount can be detachably mounted at its proximal end to an accessory rail of a firearm in a cantilevered fashion with its distal end extending laterally from the firearm. An offset optic mount includes: a base and a clamp member on the proximal end, the base is adapted to be mounted to the accessory rail by the clamp member; an optic adapter plate on the distal end, the optic adapter plate is configured so that an optical sight can be attached thereto, the optic adapter plate is offset at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the base; and a stem adapted to connect the optic adapter plate to the base, the stem is a reversable piece used to set and change the offset angle of the optic adapter plate relative to the longitudinal axis of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: 10050936
    Abstract: A security device for processing network flows is described, including: one or more packet processors configured to receive incoming data packets associated with network flows where a packet processor is assigned as an owner of network flows and each packet processor processes data packets associated with flows for which it is the assigned owner; and a packet processing manager configured to assign ownership of network flows to the packet processors where the packet processing manager includes a global flow table containing global flow table entries mapping network flows to packet processor ownership assignments and a predict flow table containing predict flow entries mapping predicted network flows to packet processor ownership assignments. A predict flow entry includes a predict key and associated packet processor ownership assignment. The predict key includes multiple data fields identifying a predicted network flow where one or more of the data fields have a wildcard value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: William A. Roberson
  • Patent number: 9906495
    Abstract: A network security device includes a network flow statistics processing engine to process network flow information related to network flows. The network flow statistics processing engine includes a first processing stage performing per-flow information aggregation and a second processing stage performing per-destination system component information aggregation, with each processing stage implementing a threshold-based data export scheme and a timer-based data export scheme. In this manner, up-to-date flow information is available to peer system components regardless of the varying flow rates of the network flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidong Li, William A. Roberson, Savitha Raghunath, Subramani Ganesh, Gyanesh Saharia
  • Patent number: 9762538
    Abstract: A security device for processing network flows includes one or more packet processors configured to receive incoming data packets associated with one or more network flows where a packet processor is assigned as an owner of one or more network flows and each packet processor processes data packets associated with flows for which it is the assigned owner; and a packet processing manager configured to assign ownership of network flows to the one or more packet processors where the packet processing manager includes a global flow table containing entries mapping network flows to packet processor ownership assignments. The packet processing manager informs a packet processor of an ownership assignment after one or more packets are received, and the one or more packet processors learns of ownership assignments of network flows from the packet processing manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Roberson, Wilson Xu
  • Publication number: 20170142066
    Abstract: A network security device includes a network flow statistics processing engine to process network flow information related to network flows. The network flow statistics processing engine includes a first processing stage performing per-flow information aggregation and a second processing stage performing per-destination system component information aggregation, with each processing stage implementing a threshold-based data export scheme and a timer-based data export scheme. In this manner, up-to-date flow information is available to peer system components regardless of the varying flow rates of the network flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Sidong Li, William A. Roberson, Savitha Raghunath, Subramani Ganesh, Gyanesh Saharia
  • Patent number: 9531672
    Abstract: A network security device includes a network flow statistics processing engine to process network flow information related to network flows. The network flow statistics processing engine includes a first processing stage performing per-flow information aggregation and a second processing stage performing per-destination system component information aggregation, with each processing stage implementing a threshold-based data export scheme and a timer-based data export scheme. In this manner, up-to-date flow information is available to peer system components regardless of the varying flow rates of the network flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidong Li, William A. Roberson, Savitha Raghunath, Subramani Ganesh, Gyanesh Saharia
  • Patent number: 9467422
    Abstract: A method in a security device for processing network flows includes storing local counter values for one or more events and providing global event counters to maintain event statistics for events in the security device. In one embodiment, the method stores local counter value of an event for each packet processor reporting the event in a counter memory and the method sums the local counter values of an event stored in the counter memory to generate the global counter sum value for the event. In another embodiment, the method compares the global counter sum to a threshold value to put the event in a conforming state or non-conforming state. The method sends a multicast message to the interested packet processors indicating an event has transitioned to a non-conforming state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Roberson, Wilson Xu
  • Publication number: 20160164836
    Abstract: A security device for processing network flows is described, including: one or more packet processors configured to receive incoming data packets associated with network flows where a packet processor is assigned as an owner of network flows and each packet processor processes data packets associated with flows for which it is the assigned owner; and a packet processing manager configured to assign ownership of network flows to the packet processors where the packet processing manager includes a global flow table containing global flow table entries mapping network flows to packet processor ownership assignments and a predict flow table containing predict flow entries mapping predicted network flows to packet processor ownership assignments. A predict flow entry includes a predict key and associated packet processor ownership assignment. The predict key includes multiple data fields identifying a predicted network flow where one or more of the data fields have a wildcard value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: William A. Roberson
  • Patent number: D943139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: ARISAKA LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: D949278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ARISAKA LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: D949279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ARISAKA LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: D987013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: D987014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson
  • Patent number: D987762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Arisaka LLC
    Inventor: William Roberson