Patents by Inventor Bruce T. Huntley

Bruce T. Huntley 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).

  • Translating packet addresses based upon a user identifier
    Patent number: 6154839
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes a system that translates addresses in a data packet based upon a user identifier in the data packet. The system receives the data packet sent from a source node to a destination node by a user. This data packet includes a source address of the source node, a destination address of the destination node and the user identifier that identifies the user. The system uses the user identifier to look up communication privileges associated with the user. If the communication privileges allow the user to communicate with the destination node, the system replaces the source address in the data packet with a privileged address, and forwards the data packet to the destination node. In a variation on this embodiment, the privileged address is recognized by a system firewall so that it facilitates passage of the packet through firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: VPNet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie J. Arrow, Henk J. Bots, Mark R. Hoke, William E. Hunt, Bruce T. Huntley