Patents by Inventor Michael WESTPHALEN

Michael WESTPHALEN 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 for detecting an attack in a computer network
    Patent number: 9900327
    Abstract: A method for detecting an attack in a computer network having a plurality of computers includes: receiving a plurality of warning messages from the computers, the warning messages being based on different types of anomalies in the computer network; comparing a number of warning messages from the plurality of received warning messages with a predetermined event threshold, the number of warning messages being based on a single type of anomaly in the computer network; and outputting an alarm signal if the number of warning messages based on the same type of anomaly in the computer network falls below the event threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Mathias Kloth, Michael Westphalen
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ATTACK IN A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160021128
    Abstract: A method for detecting an attack in a computer network having a plurality of computers includes: receiving a plurality of warning messages from the computers, the warning messages being based on different types of anomalies in the computer network; comparing a number of warning messages from the plurality of received warning messages with a predetermined event threshold, the number of warning messages being based on a single type of anomaly in the computer network; and outputting an alarm signal if the number of warning messages based on the same type of anomaly in the computer network falls below the event threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Mathias KLOTH, Michael WESTPHALEN