Patents by Inventor Fiona Kane

Fiona Kane 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).

  • Filtering for network traffic to block denial of service attacks
    Patent number: 11178108
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for filtering data. The method comprises receiving a network request from a client, determining, based on one or more filtering criteria, whether to forward the network request to a server, and based on the determining, forwarding the network request to the server, or preventing the network request from reaching the server and blocking future network requests from the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: QIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fiona Kane
  • Filtering for Network Traffic to Block Denial of Service Attacks
    Publication number: 20210075766
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for filtering data. The method comprises receiving a network request from a client, determining, based on one or more filtering criteria, whether to forward the network request to a server, and based on the determining, forwarding the network request to the server, or preventing the network request from reaching the server and blocking future network requests from the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: QIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fiona Kane
  • Method and system for configuring and securing a device or apparatus, a device or apparatus, and a computer program product
    Patent number: 9473462
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring and securing a first device, the method including performing a first check of the first device to determine the presence of unauthorized components or modules in a memory of the first device, performing a second check of the device to compare hardware components of the first device against a predetermined list of authorized components, initiating an encrypted virtual private network (VPN) tunnel between the first device and a second device that is remote from the first device by transmitting a request from the first device to the second device including data representing multiple parameters associated with the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: QIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fiona Kane
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AND SECURING A DEVICE OR APPARATUS, A DEVICE OR APPARATUS, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20160156590
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring and securing a first device, the method including performing a first check of the first device to determine the presence of unauthorised components or modules in a memory of the first device, performing a second check of the device to compare hardware components of the first device against a predetermined list of authorised components, initiating an encrypted virtual private network (VPN) tunnel between the first device and a second device that is remote from the first device by transmitting a request from the first device to the second device including data representing multiple parameters associated with the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: QIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fiona Kane