Patents by Inventor John Yannacci

John Yannacci 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).

  • Method of administering a dynamic filtering firewall
    Patent number: 6442588
    Abstract: A method of permitting a subscriber access to an online server complex operated by a particular online service provider (OSP) is disclosed. An IP communication request comprised of a destination IP address and an origination IP address is received. The IP communication request is forwarded to a dynamic filtering firewall if the destination IP address corresponds to a service provided by the particular OSP. The origination IP address is compared with a table of stored authenticated IP addresses. The IP communication request is forwarded to the destination IP address if the origination IP address matches an IP address contained in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Neal Henry Clark, Charles Russell Szelag, Jack Stephen Veenstra, John Yannacci