Patents by Inventor Jim L. Fenton

Jim L. Fenton 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).

  • Mitigating threats in a network
    Patent number: 8488488
    Abstract: Mitigating threats in a network includes receiving a message at a network device. The message includes device-independent parameters generated in response to a threat. The network device converts the parameters into one or more device-specific operations and then performs the operations to mitigate the threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Hermanns, Jim L. Fenton, Venkateswara Rao Yarlagadda, Chandra S. Buduguru, Chandrahasa C. Pullagura, Rajiv Raghunarayan, Barry L. Greene, Ellis R. Dobbins