Patents by Inventor Lee Spencer DILLARD

Lee Spencer DILLARD 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).

  • Patent number: 11792116
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a stateful network router. In one embodiment, a network data connection is intercepted between a first host and a second host on a network. First data packets from the network data connection sent by the first host to the second host are routed to a target network appliance. Second data packets from the network data connection sent by the second host to the first host are also to the target network appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Dickinson, Anoop Dawani, Joseph Elmar Magerramov, Nishant Mehta, Lee Spencer Dillard
  • Publication number: 20230188598
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable users to configure the mirroring of network traffic sent to or received by computing resources associated with a virtual network of computing resources at a service provider network. The mirrored network traffic can be used for many different purposes including, for example, network traffic content inspection, forensic and threat analysis, network troubleshooting, data loss prevention, and the like. Users can configure such network traffic mirroring without the need to manually install and manage network capture agents or other such processes on each computing resource for which network traffic mirroring is desired. Users can cause mirrored network traffic to be stored at a storage service in the form of packet capture (or “pcap”) files, which can be used by any number of available out-of-band security and monitoring appliances including other user-specific monitoring tools and/or other services of the service provider network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anoop DAWANI, Nishant MEHTA, Richard H. GALLIHER, Lee Spencer DILLARD, Joseph Elmar MAGERRAMOV
  • Patent number: 11570244
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable users to configure the mirroring of network traffic sent to or received by computing resources associated with a virtual network of computing resources at a service provider network. The mirrored network traffic can be used for many different purposes including, for example, network traffic content inspection, forensic and threat analysis, network troubleshooting, data loss prevention, and the like. Users can configure such network traffic mirroring without the need to manually install and manage network capture agents or other such processes on each computing resource for which network traffic mirroring is desired. Users can cause mirrored network traffic to be stored at a storage service in the form of packet capture (or “pcap”) files, which can be used by any number of available out-of-band security and monitoring appliances including other user-specific monitoring tools and/or other services of the service provider network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anoop Dawani, Nishant Mehta, Richard H. Galliher, Lee Spencer Dillard, Joseph Elmar Magerramov
  • Publication number: 20210409336
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to add flow validation information to packets of network traffic. Each packet can have flow validation information added corresponding to the source and destination of the packet. A stateful network routing service may intercept packets and obtain or generate flow validation information based on the source and destination of the packet. The stateful network routing service may add the information to the packet and transmit the enriched packet to a network appliance. The stateful network routing service may receive a second enriched packet from the network appliance. The stateful network routing service can compare the enriched packet with the second enriched packet. Based on the comparison of the enriched packets, the stateful network routing service can determine whether the packet should be transmitted to the destination or dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Dheerendra Talur, Milind Madhukar Kulkarni, Lee Spencer Dillard
  • Patent number: 11115322
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a stateful network router. In one embodiment, a stateful network router intercepts a network data connection between a first host and a second host on a network. The stateful network router routes first data packets from the network data connection sent by the first host to the second host to a target. The stateful network router also routes second data packets from the network data connection sent by the second host to the first host to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Dickinson, Anoop Dawani, Joseph Elmar Magerramov, Nishant Mehta, Lee Spencer Dillard
  • Publication number: 20200186600
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable users to configure the mirroring of network traffic sent to or received by computing resources associated with a virtual network of computing resources at a service provider network. The mirrored network traffic can be used for many different purposes including, for example, network traffic content inspection, forensic and threat analysis, network troubleshooting, data loss prevention, and the like. Users can configure such network traffic mirroring without the need to manually install and manage network capture agents or other such processes on each computing resource for which network traffic mirroring is desired. Users can cause mirrored network traffic to be stored at a storage service in the form of packet capture (or “pcap”) files, which can be used by any number of available out-of-band security and monitoring appliances including other user-specific monitoring tools and/or other services of the service provider network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Anoop DAWANI, Nishant MEHTA, Richard H. GALLIHER, Lee Spencer DILLARD, Joseph Elmar MAGERRAMOV