Patents by Inventor Gary Michael Willhite

Gary Michael Willhite 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).

  • Computer network access control
    Patent number: 9462001
    Abstract: Receive, at an access control node (ACN) of a first network enclave, a plurality of data packets inbound to the enclave. The characteristics of each received packet can be communicated from the ACN to a secure access server (SAS) of the enclave. The admissibility, to the first enclave, of each received packet for which characteristics are communicated, can be determined by the first secure access server. For each packet determined to be inadmissible, the technology can communicate, from the SAS to a plurality of ACNs of the first enclave, an instruction to deny admission to packets having the characteristics of the inadmissible packet. At each access control node receiving the instruction, the technology can deny admission to packets having the characteristics of the inadmissible packet based on the instruction to deny admission to packets having the characteristics of the inadmissible packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Michael Willhite, Lauren Suzanne Lomanto
  • Computer Network Access Control
    Publication number: 20150200949
    Abstract: Receive, at an access control node (ACN) of a first network enclave, a plurality of data packets inbound to the enclave. The characteristics of each received packet can be communicated from the ACN to a secure access server (SAS) of the enclave. The admissibility, to the first enclave, of each received packet for which characteristics are communicated, can be determined by the first secure access server. For each packet determined to be inadmissible, the technology can communicate, from the SAS to a plurality of ACNs of the first enclave, an instruction to deny admission to packets having the characteristics of the inadmissible packet. At each access control node receiving the instruction, the technology can deny admission to packets having the characteristics of the inadmissible packet based on the instruction to deny admission to packets having the characteristics of the inadmissible packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Michael Willhite, Lauren Suzanne Lomanto