Patents by Inventor Nathan Howe

Nathan Howe 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).

  • Network exposure detection and security assessment tool
    Patent number: 11438363
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a domain of interest; performing an analysis of the domain to extract namespaces of the domain, hosts associated with the domain, subdomains associated with the domain, namespaces of the subdomains, and addresses including address ranges of any identified namespaces; performing a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) search based on the analysis to identify a CVE list associated with the domain; determining weightings of the namespaces of the domain and the subdomains to provide a name list; obtaining cloud monitoring content associated with the domain; and utilizing the name list, the CVE list, and the cloud monitoring content to determine a risk associated with the domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Howe
  • Network exposure detection and security assessment tool
    Publication number: 20210314338
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a domain of interest; performing an analysis of the domain to extract namespaces of the domain, hosts associated with the domain, subdomains associated with the domain, namespaces of the subdomains, and addresses including address ranges of any identified namespaces; performing a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) search based on the analysis to identify a CVE list associated with the domain; determining weightings of the namespaces of the domain and the subdomains to provide a name list; obtaining cloud monitoring content associated with the domain; and utilizing the name list, the CVE list, and the cloud monitoring content to determine a risk associated with the domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Nathan Howe
  • Utility desk
    Patent number: D887180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tim de Noble, Nathan Howe, Richard Thompson, David Richter-O'Connell, Lisa Shubert