Patents by Inventor David Andrew Bright

David Andrew Bright 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).

  • Timing management in a large firewall cluster
    Patent number: 10721209
    Abstract: A firewall cluster comprises three or more firewall processing nodes, which report primary node status based on the reporting node's membership in a preexisting cluster. A controller uses the reported status to assign a primary node in the distributed firewall cluster. Reported primary node status includes reported primary node eligibility if the node is a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status comprising reporting primary node ineligibility if the node is not a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status if the node is a primary node in a preexisting cluster, and reported primary node eligibility in a node that has timed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: David Andrew Bright, Michael James Silbersack, Aaron Christopher Bucher
  • TIMING MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE FIREWALL CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20150188884
    Abstract: A firewall cluster comprises three or more firewall processing nodes, which report primary node status based on the reporting node's membership in a preexisting cluster. A controller uses the reported status to assign a primary node in the distributed firewall cluster. Reported primary node status includes reported primary node eligibility if the node is a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status comprising reporting primary node ineligibility if the node is not a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status if the node is a primary node in a preexisting cluster, and reported primary node eligibility in a node that has timed out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: David Andrew Bright, Michael James Silbersack, Aaron Christopher Bucher
  • Timing management in a large firewall cluster
    Patent number: 8955097
    Abstract: A firewall cluster comprises three or more firewall processing nodes, which report primary node status based on the reporting node's membership in a preexisting cluster. A controller uses the reported status to assign a primary node in the distributed firewall cluster. Reported primary node status includes reported primary node eligibility if the node is a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status comprising reporting primary node ineligibility if the node is not a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status if the node is a primary node in a preexisting cluster, and reported primary node eligibility in a node that has timed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: David Andrew Bright, Michael James Silbersack, Aaron Christopher Bucher
  • TIMING MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE FIREWALL CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20130152191
    Abstract: A firewall cluster comprises three or more firewall processing nodes, which report primary node status based on the reporting node's membership in a preexisting cluster. A controller uses the reported status to assign a primary node in the distributed firewall cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: David Andrew Bright, Michael James Silbersack, Aaron Christopher Bucher