Patents by Inventor Eric Fermon

Eric Fermon 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).

  • Methods, devices and computer program products for actionable alerting of malevolent network addresses based on generalized traffic anomaly analysis of IP address aggregates
    Patent number: 8874763
    Abstract: Methods for providing alerts in a network are disclosed. Some methods include collecting network traffic data corresponding to multiple subsets of network addresses during a predefined time interval. A suspect subset of the subsets of network addresses that corresponds to anomalous network activity may be identified based on the network traffic data and using at least one of multiple anomaly detection metrics. A source network address within the suspect subset of network addresses that corresponds to the anomalous network activity is identified. An alert corresponding to the source network address may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Willa Ehrlich, Ratna Chakka, Eric Fermon, David Hoeflin, Manuel Ortiz
  • Methods, Devices and Computer Program Products for Actionable Alerting of Malevolent Network Addresses Based on Generalized Traffic Anomaly Analysis of IP Address Aggregates
    Publication number: 20120117254
    Abstract: Methods for providing alerts in a network are disclosed. Some methods include collecting network traffic data corresponding to multiple subsets of network addresses during a predefined time interval. A suspect subset of the subsets of network addresses that corresponds to anomalous network activity may be identified based on the network traffic data and using at least one of multiple anomaly detection metrics. A source network address within the suspect subset of network addresses that corresponds to the anomalous network activity is identified. An alert corresponding to the source network address may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Willa Ehrlich, Ratna Chakka, Eric Fermon, David Hoeflin, Manuel Ortiz