Patents by Inventor Nicholas Chapin

Nicholas Chapin 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).

  • IMPACT ANALYZER FOR A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20190132214
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein performs an impact analysis of actual or hypothetical network commands, and presents the impact analysis results to facilitate the user's understanding of the predicted consequences of the actual or hypothetical commands on network operations, management, or security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Martin W. Fong, Nicholas Chapin
  • Natural language dialog-based security help agent for network administrator
    Patent number: 10250641
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein conducts conversational natural language dialog with a user to facilitate the user's analysis of network activity and the implementation of network security measures and other actions in furtherance of network operations, management, or security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Nicholas Chapin
  • Impact analyzer for a computer network
    Patent number: 10205637
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein performs an impact analysis of actual or hypothetical network commands, and presents the impact analysis results to facilitate the user's understanding of the predicted consequences of the actual or hypothetical commands on network operations, management, or security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Martin W. Fong, Nicholas Chapin
  • Multimodal help agent for network administrator
    Patent number: 10050868
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein generates and dynamically updates an intuitive, interactive visualization of a computer network in live operation. The network management technology interprets human user interactions, such as gestures, conversational natural language dialog, and combinations of gestures and natural language dialog, as network directives. The technology can implement the network directives to, for example, facilitate analysis of network activity or to respond to network security events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Nicholas Chapin
  • MULTIMODAL HELP AGENT FOR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR
    Publication number: 20160219078
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein generates and dynamically updates an intuitive, interactive visualization of a computer network in live operation. The network management technology interprets human user interactions, such as gestures, conversational natural language dialog, and combinations of gestures and natural language dialog, as network directives. The technology can implement the network directives to, for example, facilitate analysis of network activity or to respond to network security events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Nicholas Chapin
  • NATURAL LANGUAGE DIALOG-BASED SECURITY HELP AGENT FOR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR
    Publication number: 20160219048
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein conducts conversational natural language dialog with a user to facilitate the user's analysis of network activity and the implementation of network security measures and other actions in furtherance of network operations, management, or security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Nicholas Chapin
  • IMPACT ANALYZER FOR A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160218933
    Abstract: Network management technology as disclosed herein performs an impact analysis of actual or hypothetical network commands, and presents the impact analysis results to facilitate the user's understanding of the predicted consequences of the actual or hypothetical commands on network operations, management, or security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip A. Porras, Jeffrey Klaben, Patrick D. Lincoln, Martin W. Fong, Nicholas Chapin