Patents by Inventor Gary Flack

Gary Flack 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing routing and access control filters
    Patent number: 8819201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an access control filter and/or a route filter in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a new filter rule or a modified filter rule associated with at least one of: a routing policy, or a security policy. The method creates or modifies one or more filter templates in accordance with the new filter rule or the modified filter rule. The method identifies one or more affected interfaces and audits the one or more affected interfaces. The method then generates one or more commands in accordance with the one or more filter templates if the auditing of the one or more affected interfaces is successful, and downloads filter content to one or more routers using the one or more commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mallikarjun Netrakanti, Sumita Dutta, Gary Flack, William Lamont, Rodney Stoltzfus, Paul Suntrup
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROUTING AND ACCESS CONTROL FILTERS
    Publication number: 20100037287
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an access control filter and/or a route filter in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a new filter rule or a modified filter rule associated with at least one of: a routing policy, or a security policy. The method creates or modifies one or more filter templates in accordance with the new filter rule or the modified filter rule. The method identifies one or more affected interfaces and audits the one or more affected interfaces. The method then generates one or more commands in accordance with the one or more filter templates if the auditing of the one or more affected interfaces is successful, and downloads filter content to one or more routers using the one or more commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Mallikarjun Netrakanti, Sumita Dutta, Gary Flack, William Lamont, Rodney Stoltzfus, Paul Suntrup