Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Pekkarinen

Patrick A. Pekkarinen 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).

  • Multiple independent levels of security (MILS) host to multilevel secure (MLS) offload communications unit
    Patent number: 8990560
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use in secure network communication. A physical network interface receives a network packet associated with a security level. The network packet is transmitted from the physical network interface to a security policy component. The network packet is routed to a stack offload engine by the security policy component based on a network address associated with the network packet and the security level associated with the network packet. The network packet is provided by the stack offload engine to a software application via trusted memory interface that transfers the packet to a memory portion of a plurality of memory portions. The memory portion corresponds to the security level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard F. Massey, William E. Bond, Gregg E. Franke, Patrick A. Pekkarinen
  • MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT LEVELS OF SECURITY (MILS) HOST TO MULTILEVEL SECURE (MLS) OFFLOAD COMMUNICATIONS UNIT
    Publication number: 20120324222
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use in secure network communication. A physical network interface receives a network packet associated with a security level. The network packet is transmitted from the physical network interface to a security policy component. The network packet is routed to a stack offload engine by the security policy component based on a network address associated with the network packet and the security level associated with the network packet. The network packet is provided by the stack offload engine to a software application via trusted memory interface that transfers the packet to a memory portion of a plurality of memory portions. The memory portion corresponds to the security level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Richard F. Massey, William E. Bond, Gregg E. Franke, Patrick A. Pekkarinen