Patents by Inventor Kathryn R. Watkins

Kathryn R. Watkins 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 and apparatus for transferring and reconstructing an image of a computer readable medium
    Patent number: 8538188
    Abstract: A forensically sound image of a computer readable storage medium can be transferred across a low bandwidth communications network. The method can include the step of scanning an image of the computer readable storage medium for redundant data, the redundant data duplicative of locally stored data. The method can also include generating a skeleton image based on the image of the computer readable storage medium by excluding the redundant data from the image of the computer readable storage medium. The method can include transmitting, by a transmitting device, the skeleton image over the communications network to a receiving device to enable reconstruction of an image copy of the computer readable storage medium using the skeleton image and the locally stored data. A receiving device can reconstruct a bit-for-bit copy of the image of the computer readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitre Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn R. Watkins, Michael McWhorter, William H. Hill, Jeffrey W. Long, Christian Shrauder
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING AND RECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE OF A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20110033128
    Abstract: A forensically sound image of a computer readable storage medium can be transferred across a low bandwidth communications network. The method can include the step of scanning an image of the computer readable storage medium for redundant data, the redundant data duplicative of locally stored data. The method can also include generating a skeleton image based on the image of the computer readable storage medium by excluding the redundant data from the image of the computer readable storage medium. The method can include transmitting, by a transmitting device, the skeleton image over the communications network to a receiving device to enable reconstruction of an image copy of the computer readable storage medium using the skeleton image and the locally stored data. A receiving device can reconstruct a bit-for-bit copy of the image of the computer readable storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn R. Watkins, Michael McWhorter, William H. Hill, Jeffrey W. Long