Patents by Inventor Fabien J. Royer

Fabien J. Royer 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).

  • Patent number: 8321927
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more systems and/or methods for a network aware firewall are disclosed. A method comprises accessing a first network connection from a client computer system and determining whether the first network connection is a first network type or a second network type. The method further comprises dynamically modifying security parameters associated with a firewall local to the client computer system in response to determining whether the network connection is the first network type or the second network type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Dadhia, Fabien J. Royer, Pradeep Bahl
  • Publication number: 20110179481
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more systems and/or methods for a network aware firewall are disclosed. A method comprises accessing a first network connection from a client computer system and determining whether the first network connection is a first network type or a second network type. The method further comprises dynamically modifying security parameters associated with a firewall local to the client computer system in response to determining whether the network connection is the first network type or the second network type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Dadhia, Fabien J. Royer, Pradeep Bahl
  • Patent number: 7886351
    Abstract: A system and method for a network aware firewall is disclosed. The method includes accessing a first network connection from a client computer system and determining whether the first network connection is public or private. The method further includes dynamically modifying security parameters associated with a firewall local to the client computer system in response to determining whether the network connection is public or private.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Dadhia, Fabien J. Royer, Pradeep Bahl
  • Patent number: 7685627
    Abstract: A method and system for unified diagnosis of a network incident is provided. The unified diagnostics system is comprised of a monitoring tool, a network layer including a firewall, and a policy engine. The monitoring tool is invoked by a user in order to diagnose a network incident. The network layer and the policy engine generate various events that provide a history of their processing, and the monitoring tool collects these events. When the user attempts a network activity that fails, the network layer places an event notification in a notification queue. Then the monitoring tool analyzes the event notifications to identify events that are related to the same network incident. After analyzing the network incident and event information, the user can take the necessary action to correct the problem that caused the incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe A. Joubert, Fabien J. Royer, Mark Vayman, Eran Yariv
  • Publication number: 20070294755
    Abstract: A system and method for a network aware firewall is disclosed. The method includes accessing a first network connection from a client computer system and determining whether the first network connection is public or private. The method further includes dynamically modifying security parameters associated with a firewall local to the client computer system in response to determining whether the network connection is public or private.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Patent Group
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Dadhia, Fabien J. Royer, Pradeep Bahl