Patents by Inventor Piet Barber

Piet Barber 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).

  • Method and system for filtering of network traffic
    Patent number: 8380870
    Abstract: A method of filtering a plurality of DNS queries, wherein each DNS query includes a query name and a resource record type, includes defining a filter rule including a domain name, a filter type, and a throttle percentage and forming a filter file including the filter rule. The method also includes transmitting the filter file from a server to a plurality of filter proxies, transmitting the filter file from each of the plurality of filter proxies to one or more processing engines, and receiving the plurality of DNS queries at one of the one or more processing engines. The method includes determining a match between the domain name and the query name and between the resource record type and the filter type for a subset of the plurality of DNS queries, and blocking a predetermined percentage (equal to the throttle percentage) of the subset of the plurality of DNS queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Smith, Michael A. Bentofsky, Sean Mountcastle, Piet Barber
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING OF NETWORK TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20110035469
    Abstract: A method of filtering a plurality of DNS queries, wherein each DNS query includes a query name and a resource record type, includes defining a filter rule including a domain name, a filter type, and a throttle percentage and forming a filter file including the filter rule. The method also includes transmitting the filter file from a server to a plurality of filter proxies, transmitting the filter file from each of the plurality of filter proxies to one or more processing engines, and receiving the plurality of DNS queries at one of the one or more processing engines. The method includes determining a match between the domain name and the query name and between the resource record type and the filter type for a subset of the plurality of DNS queries, and blocking a predetermined percentage (equal to the throttle percentage) of the subset of the plurality of DNS queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Smith, Michael A. Bentofsky, Sean Mountcastle, Piet Barber