Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Hieb

Jeffrey Hieb 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).

  • Security enhanced network device and method for secure operation of same
    Patent number: 8402267
    Abstract: A security enhanced network device includes a processor, a memory, and a communication controller operably connected to form a processing device. A microkernel provides a partitioning between a communication address space, a security enforcement address space, and a protected operations address space. The communication address space contains communications threads for interacting with a network. The protected operations address space contains protected operations threads for performing protected operations. The security enforcement address space contains security threads for providing secure isolation of the protected operations address space from the communication address space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Graham, Jeffrey Hieb