Patents by Inventor Mark D. Collier

Mark D. Collier 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: 8150013
    Abstract: A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling incoming and outgoing calls between an enterprise's end-user stations and a public circuit-switched network and/or a public packet-switched network. A security policy is made up of one or more rules designating at least one action to be performed based on at least one attribute of the incoming or outgoing call. Calls are detected and sensed on the line, trunk and/or cabling, and analyzed to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are performed based upon the determined attributes, in accordance with the security policy rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Securelogix Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Buntin, Keith S. Pickens, Mark D. Collier, Kirk E. Smith
  • Patent number: 7440558
    Abstract: A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). One or more rules are defined which specify actions to be taken based upon at least one attribute of a call. Calls are detected and sensed to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are then performed on selected calls based upon their attributes in accordance with the defined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: SecureLogix Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Heilmann, Mark D. Collier, Doug Conyers, Keith S. Pickens, David Buntin, Greg Schmid, Stephen Faustino, Todd Beebe, Michael Brysch, Robert R. Applonie
  • Publication number: 20040234056
    Abstract: A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). One or more rules are defined which specify actions to be taken based upon at least one attribute of a call. Calls are detected and sensed to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are then performed on selected calls based upon their attributes in accordance with the defined rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: SECURELOGIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Heilmann, Mark D. Collier, Doug Conyers, Keith S. Pickens, David Buntin, Greg Schmid, Stephen Faustino, Todd Beebe, Michael Brysch, Robert R. Applonie
  • Patent number: 6760420
    Abstract: A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A set of security rules is defined for each of the extensions which specify actions to be taken based upon at least one attribute of the call on the extension. Calls are detected and sensed on the extensions to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are then performed on selected calls based upon their attributes in accordance with the security rules defined for those extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: SecureLogix Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Heilmann, Mark D. Collier, Doug Conyers, Keith S. Pickens, David Buntin, Greg Schmid, Stephen Faustino, Todd Beebe, Michael Brysch, Robert R. Applonie
  • Publication number: 20020021791
    Abstract: A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A security policy, i.e., a set of security rules, are defined for each of the extensions, the rules specifying actions to be taken based upon at least one attribute of the call on the extension. Calls are detected and sensed on the extensions to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are then performed on selected calls based upon their attributes in accordance with the security rules defined for those extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Craig Heilmann, Mark D. Collier, Doug Conyers, Keith S. Pickens, David Buntin, Greg Schmid, Stephen Faustino, Todd Beebe, Michael Brysch, Robert R. Applonie
  • Publication number: 20010014150
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a fully integrated and cooperative telecommunications firewall/scanner that can be deployed either as a standalone device, or over a large-scale distributed client-server architecture is described. In addition to providing enhanced telecommunications firewall and scanner security capabilities, the integrated telecommunications firewall/scanner provides the capability to ensure implementation of a corporate-dictated security structure, and event visibility and report consolidation requirements, across a globally-distributed enterprise, using policy-based enforcement of a Security Policy. In the most basic configuration, the integrated firewall/scanner performs continuous security access monitoring and control functions, keyword and content monitoring and control functions, and remote access authentication, initiating coordinated vulnerability assessments, as well as automatic synchronous adjustments to the Security Policy in response to the vulnerability assessment results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Todd Beebe, Mark D. Collier, Doug Conyers, Chris Hamlett, Stephen Faustino
  • Patent number: 6226372
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a fully integrated and cooperative telecommunications firewall/scanner that can be deployed either as a standalone device, or over a large-scale distributed client-server architecture is described. In addition to providing enhanced telecommunications firewall and scanner security capabilities, the integrated telecommunications firewall/scanner provides the capability to ensure implementation of a corporate-dictated security structure, and event visibility and report consolidation requirements, across a globally-distributed enterprise, using policy-based enforcement of a Security Policy. In the most basic configuration, the integrated firewall/scanner performs continuous security access monitoring and control functions, keyword and content monitoring and control functions, and remote access authentication, initiating coordinated vulnerability assessments, as well as automatic synchronous adjustments to the Security Policy in response to the vulnerability assessment results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Securelogix Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Beebe, Mark D. Collier, Doug Conyers, Chris Hamlett, Stephen Faustino