Patents by Inventor Brian Roddy

Brian Roddy 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).

  • Establishing a cache expiration time to be associated with newly generated output by determining module- specific cache expiration times for a plurality of processing modules
    Patent number: 7574500
    Abstract: Providing an input-dependent output is disclosed. A received message is processed to determine if a previously cached output exists for the received message. If a previously cached output is found, the previously cached output is provided to a destination other than the sender of the received message as output for the received message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Reactivity, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Roddy
  • Providing security for external access to a protected computer network
    Publication number: 20060253901
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing controlled access via an external network to a resource residing on an internal network. An external request addressed to a first computer system associated with the internal network is received at the first computer system via the external network. The external request comprises a request from a requesting party for response data from a second computer system associated with the internal network. At least part of the content of the external request is analyzed at the first computer system to determine whether the request is authorized. If it is determined that the request is authorized, the request is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Roddy, Michael Hanson, John Lilly
  • Proxy server caching
    Publication number: 20060184656
    Abstract: Providing an input-dependent output is disclosed. A received message is processed to determine if a previously cached output exists for the received message. If a previously cached output is found, the previously cached output is provided to a destination other than the sender of the received message as output for the received message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Brian Roddy
  • Accelerated schema-based validation
    Publication number: 20060004729
    Abstract: Performing accelerated validation of a set of data is disclosed. A structure associated with the set of data is identified. It is determined whether the structure matches a previously learned structure. If a match is found, an accelerated validation of the first set of data is performed using validation information associated with the previously learned structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Maxim Zhilyaev, Michael Hanson, Brian Roddy
  • Providing security for external access to a protected computer network
    Publication number: 20050091515
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing controlled access via an external network to a resource residing on an internal network. An external request addressed to a first computer system associated with the internal network is received at the first computer system via the external network. The external request comprises a request from a requesting party for response data from a second computer system associated with the internal network. At least part of the content of the external request is analyzed at the first computer system to determine whether the request is authorized. If it is determined that the request is authorized, the request is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Roddy, Michael Hanson, Jhon Lilly