Patents by Inventor L. Mark Pilant

L. Mark Pilant 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, apparatus, and manufacture for decryption of network traffic in a secure session
    Patent number: 7904717
    Abstract: A network trace utility is provided. The network trace utility receives and copies packets in a secure session of (at least) two-way network communication between a client and a server. The network trace utility receives an administrator password, and uses a hash of the administrator password to decrypt the first session key. The network trace utility then decrypts one or more additional session keys, each one using the preceding session key. Then, the network trace utility decrypts the machine key using one of the session keys. A hash of the machine key is used to decrypt additional packets in the secure session. The network trace utility enables the contents of one or more additional packets in the secure session to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Mark Pilant, Mark C. Terranova, Ronald J. Karr
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR SOFTWARE DIFFERENCE COMPARISON
    Publication number: 20090260000
    Abstract: A computer program for software difference comparison is provided. The program extracts data from the files on the hard disk, including data such as symbols extracted from symbol tables, APIs extracted from help files, and/or configuration information. This information may be collected at two or more different times, for example, before and after a version of software is updated to a new version of the software. The collected data is extracted into a relational database. The relational database may be used to determine the differences between multiple versions of software, or between one piece of software and another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Mark Pilant, Christopher J. Kordish
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR DECRYPTION OF NETWORK TRAFFIC IN A SECURE SESSION
    Publication number: 20080320302
    Abstract: A network trace utility is provided. The network trace utility receives and copies packets in a secure session of (at least) two-way network communication between a client and a server. The network trace utility receives an administrator password, and uses a hash of the administrator password to decrypt the first session key. The network trace utility then decrypts one or more additional session keys, each one using the preceding session key. Then, the network trace utility decrypts the machine key using one of the session keys. A hash of the machine key is used to decrypt additional packets in the secure session. The network trace utility enables the contents of one or more additional packets in the secure session to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Mark Pilant, Mark C. Terranova, Ronald J. Karr