Patents by Inventor Lance M. Cottrell

Lance M. Cottrell 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 transmitting network traffic via a proxy device
    Patent number: 10637831
    Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to initiate a request for connection with a user device. The method can include connecting to the user device. The method can also include connecting to a target device using an identifier of the proxy device. The user device is connected to the target device via the proxy device. An identifier of the user device is hidden from the target device. The target device identifies the user device using the identifier of the proxy device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NTREPID, LLC
    Inventors: Lance M. Cottrell, William Wesley Cassis, Geoffrey Kendall Abbott, Jason Michael Mansfield
  • Secure network privacy system
    Patent number: 9521118
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system of receiving communications from a network device in a network to a source of network data and establishing a secure and/or authenticated network connection between the network device and the source that appears to the network device as a direct connection to the source of network data. Broadly conceptualized, the method and system may also include a parsing module that modifies the network data passing back and forth between the network device and the source of network data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: NTREPID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lance M. Cottrell, James A. Reynolds, Darya Mazandarany, Steve Walsh, Peleus Uhley, Gene Nelson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING NETWORK TRAFFIC VIA A PROXY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150222600
    Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to initiate a request for connection with a user device. The method can include connecting to the user device. The method can also include connecting to a target device using an identifier of the proxy device. The user device is connected to the target device via the proxy device. An identifier of the user device is hidden from the target device. The target device identifies the user device using the identifier of the proxy device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Ntrepid Corporation
    Inventors: Lance M. COTTRELL, William Wesley CASSIS, Geoffrey Kendall ABBOTT, Jason Michael Mansfield
  • SECURE NETWORK PRIVACY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150215287
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system of receiving communications from a network device in a network to a source of network data and establishing a secure and/or authenticated network connection between the network device and the source that appears to the network device as a direct connection to the source of network data. Broadly conceptualized, the method and system may also include a parsing module that modifies the network data passing back and forth between the network device and the source of network data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Lance M. COTTRELL, James A. REYNOLDS, Darya MAZANDARANY, Steve WALSH, Peleus UHLEY, Gene NELSON
  • SECURE NETWORK PRIVACY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140143852
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system of receiving communications from a network device in a network to a source of network data and establishing a secure and/or authenticated network connection between the network device and the source that appears to the network device as a direct connection to the source of network data. Broadly conceptualized, the method and system may also include a parsing module that modifies the network data passing back and forth between the network device and the source of network data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NTREPID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lance M. COTTRELL, James A. REYNOLDS, Darya MAZANDARANY, Steve WALSH, Peleus G. UHLEY, Gene NELSON
  • Secure network privacy system
    Patent number: 8615795
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system of receiving communications from a network device in a network to a source of network data and establishing a secure and/or authenticated network connection between the network device and the source that appears to the network device as a direct connection to the source of network data. Broadly conceptualized, the method and system may also include a parsing module that modifies the network data passing back and forth between the network device and the source of network data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: NTREPID Corporation
    Inventors: Lance M. Cottrell, James A. Reynolds, Darya Mazandarany, Steve Walsh, Peleus G. Uhley, Gene Nelson
  • System for protecting identity in a network environment
    Patent number: 8375434
    Abstract: A system for protecting identify of network devices (102, 104, and 106) in a network environment. The system includes an apparatus having an interface to the network for completing connections to destination devices (152, 154, and 156) on the public side of the network. The apparatus includes a masking element (140) for associating at least one masking identifier with a communication from the network device and masking the identifier of the network device from the destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ntrepid Corporation
    Inventors: Lance M. Cottrell, Brian Brennet, Daniel Tentler, Gene Anderson
  • Secure Network Privacy System
    Publication number: 20090013399
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system of receiving communications from a network device in a network to a source of network data and establishing a secure and/or authenticated network connection between the network device and the source that appears to the network device as a direct connection to the source of network data. Broadly conceptualized, the method and system may also include a parsing module that modifies the network data passing back and forth between the network device and the source of network data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: ANONYMIZER, INC.
    Inventors: Lance M. Cottrell, James A. Reynolds, Darya Mazandarany, Steve Walsh, Peleus Ulhey, Gene Nelson
  • System For Protecting Identity in a Network Environment
    Publication number: 20080196098
    Abstract: A system for protecting identify of network devices (102, 104, and 106) in a network environment. The system includes an apparatus having an interface to the network for completing connections to destination devices (152, 154, and 156) on the public side of the network. The apparatus includes a masking element (140) for associating at least one masking identifier with a communication from the network device and masking the identifier of the network device from the destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Lance M. Cottrell, Brian Brennet, Daniel Tentler, Gene Anderson