Patents by Inventor Peter M. Rigstad

Peter M. Rigstad 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 for providing firewall capabilities to a communication device
    Patent number: 7624434
    Abstract: A system for providing security in a computing network. The system has a server for distributing policies to be implemented by firewall devices in the network. The firewall devices provide hardware implemented firewalls to communication devices making network connections. The system has logic to allow a connection to be made to the network via a communication device at a node provided the firewall device is at that node. Therefore, the firewall device must be in the system for a connection to be established via the communication device. Additionally, the system is configured to cause data transferred by the communication device to be processed by the firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Rigstad, John Y. Yoon, Mark Farahar, Barani Subbiah, Brant D. Thomsen, David E. Richmond, Vered Maor Semel, Earl Bryner
  • System for providing firewall to a communication device and method and device of same
    Publication number: 20030167410
    Abstract: A system for providing security in a computing network. The system has a server for distributing policies to be implemented by firewall devices in the network. The firewall devices provide hardware implemented firewalls to communication devices making network connections. The system has logic to allow a connection to be made to the network via a communication device at a node provided the firewall device is at that node. Therefore, the firewall device must be in the system for a connection to be established via the communication device. Additionally, the system is configured to cause data transferred by the communication device to be processed by the firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Peter M. Rigstad, John Y. Yoon, Mark Farahar, Barani Subbiah, Brant D. Thomsen, David E. Richmond, Vered Maor Semel, Earl Bryner