Patents by Inventor Kevin Blumberg

Kevin Blumberg 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 system for overcoming denial of service attacks
    Patent number: 7020783
    Abstract: A system for handling denial of service attacks on behalf of a shared network resource. A request processing component deployed within a network, the request processing component having an interface configured to receive requests on behalf of the shared network resource. A rate control component coupled to the request processing component, the rate control component comprising program and data structures operable to selectively forward received requests to the shared network resource at a rate selected to prevent the shared network resource from crashing or becoming undesirably busy. Preferably, the system includes a denial of service attack detection component coupled to the request processing component and the rate control component and operable to monitor request metrics from the request processing component and provide configuration information to the rate control component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Circadence Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Vange, Marc Plumb, Kevin Blumberg
  • Method and system for overcoming denial of service attacks
    Publication number: 20020002686
    Abstract: A system for handling denial of service attacks on behalf of a shared network resource. A request processing component deployed within a network, the request processing component having an interface configured to receive requests on behalf of the shared network resource. A rate control component coupled to the request processing component, the rate control component comprising program and data structures operable to selectively forward received requests to the shared network resource at a rate selected to prevent the shared network resource from crashing or becoming undesirably busy. Preferably, the system includes a denial of service attack detection component coupled to the request processing component and the rate control component and operable to monitor request metrics from the request processing component and provide configuration information to the rate control component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Vange, Marc Plumb, Kevin Blumberg