Patents by Inventor Chris Ralph Dalton

Chris Ralph Dalton 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).

  • Signal level propagation mechanism for distribution of a payload to vulnerable systems
    Patent number: 7353539
    Abstract: A method of identifying a software vulnerability in computer systems in a computer network includes a multiple level scanning process controlled from a management system connected to the network. The management system runs a root scanner which applies an interrogation program to remote systems having network addresses in a predefined address range. When a software vulnerability is detected, the interrogation program causes the respective remote system to scan topologically local systems, the remote system itself applying a second interrogation program to the local systems to detect and mitigate the vulnerability using an associated mitigation payload. Whilst that local scanning process is in progress, the root scanner can be applied to remote systems in other predefined address ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John Melvin Brawn, Andrew Patrick Norman, Chris Ralph Dalton, Jonathan Griffin
  • Signal level propagation mechanism for distribution of a payload to vulnerable systems
    Publication number: 20040088581
    Abstract: A method of identifying a software vulnerability in computer systems in a computer network includes a multiple level scanning process controlled from a management system connected to the network. The management system runs a root scanner which applies an interrogation program to remote systems having network addresses in a predefined address range. When a software vulnerability is detected, the interrogation program causes the respective remote system to scan topologically local systems, the remote system itself applying a second interrogation program to the local systems to detect and mitigate the vulnerability using an associated mitigation payload. Whilst that local scanning process is in progress, the root scanner can be applied to remote systems in other predefined address ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: John Melvin Brawn, Andrew Patrick Norman, Chris Ralph Dalton, Jonathan Griffin