Patents by Inventor Mohamed G. Gouda

Mohamed G. Gouda 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).

  • System and method of resolving discrepancies between diverse firewall designs
    Patent number: 7954142
    Abstract: A system, computer-implementable method, and computer-usable medium for resolving discrepancies between diverse firewall designs. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a firewall design manager receives at least two designs for a rule-based system and computing at least one functional discrepancy between the at least two designs utilizing decision diagrams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Mohamed G. Gouda, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu
  • System and method of firewall design utilizing decision diagrams
    Patent number: 7818793
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-usable medium for designing a firewall to protect a data processing system. A user first specifies a firewall decision diagram. The firewall decision diagram is then reduced and marked. Finally, a firewall is generated from the marked firewall decision diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Mohamed G. Gouda, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu
  • Method and apparatus for identifying redundant rules in packet classifiers
    Patent number: 7793344
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium for removing redundancy from packet classifiers. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a packet classifier is implemented as a sequence of rules. A redundancy manager marks at least one upward redundant rule and at least one downward redundant rule. The redundancy manager removes at least one rule marked as upward redundant and at least one rule marked as downward redundant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Mohamed G. Gouda, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu