Patents by Inventor J. Marc Enger

J. Marc Enger 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).

  • System and method for application-level virtual private network
    Patent number: 6804777
    Abstract: A method for enabling users to securely share application information and resources by granting resource owners access to user-application combinations. It provides a means for ensuring that only approved and unaltered applications may access available resources. A connection negotiation scheme allows both ends of a communication channel to agree on a specific version of a specific application to be used to access a target resource. Once agreement is reached, a virtual private network channel may be established between approved applications and designated resources that enable channel encryption using an encryption key and a verified signature using a calculated hash value of the negotiated application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: ThreatGuard, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hollis, J. Marc Enger, R. Gunnar Engelbach
  • System and Method for Application-Level Virtual Private Network
    Publication number: 20030229786
    Abstract: A method for enabling users to securely share application information and resources by granting resource owners access to user-application combinations. It provides a means for ensuring that only approved and unaltered applications may access available resources. A connection negotiation scheme allows both ends of a communication channel to agree on a specific version of a specific application to be used to access a target resource. Once agreement is reached, a virtual private network channel may be established between approved applications and designated resources that enable channel encryption using an encryption key and a verified signature using a calculated hash value of the negotiated application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Robert L. Hollis, J. Marc Enger, R. Gunnar Engelbach