Patents by Inventor John James Thomas

John James Thomas 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).

  • Domain name resolution
    Patent number: 9426049
    Abstract: A method for inferring a domain for an IP address, the method including receiving a computerized flow record from a communication service provider including the IP address, wherein the IP address corresponds to a request from a subscriber for an Internet resource, performing an in-stream lookup including: determining whether any SSL exchanges result from the request for the Internet resource, when the SSL exchanges exist, attempting to retrieve domain information corresponding to the IP address from the SSL exchanges, determining whether any DNS records exist that include the IP address, and when the DNS records exist that include the IP address, attempting to retrieve the domain information corresponding to the IP address from the DNS records, performing contextual mapping including: performing a whois query using the IP address in an attempt to identify the domain information corresponding to the IP address, performing a reverse DNS lookup in an attempt to identify the domain information corresponding to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Zettics, Inc.
    Inventors: Asawaree Prabhakar Kalavade, John James Thomas, Lawrence Arlen Palmer, Shasidhar Kura, Prasath Reddy Palnati