Patents by Inventor Richard H. Porter

Richard H. Porter 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 device configuration management by physical location
    Patent number: 9172612
    Abstract: A method of managing a network including maintaining a database of network configuration profiles, each network configuration profile corresponding to a network device type and a physical location relative to the network, determining with a network device a physical location of the network device relative to the network upon the network device being initially connected to the network, the network device being of a network device type, and determining a network configuration profile with which to configure the network device from the database based on the physical location and the network device type of the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard H. Porter, Gregory D. Dolkas, Mark W. Fidler
  • Method and apparatus for network intrusion detection
    Patent number: 8752175
    Abstract: The current invention discloses a method and apparatus to detect and mitigate network intrusion by collecting a first log of wireless network traffic in the vicinity of an area and a second log of network traffic from a switch port connected to the area; pre-processing the logs; and then detecting the presence of unauthorized access points (APs) by attempting to identify matching patterns in the pre-processed first and second logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Richard H. Porter
  • Method and Apparatus for Network Intrusion Detection
    Publication number: 20110219452
    Abstract: The current invention discloses a method and apparatus to detect and mitigate network intrusion by collecting a first log of wireless network traffic in the vicinity of an area and a second log of network traffic from a switch port connected to the area; pre-processing the logs; and then detecting the presence of unauthorized access points (APs) by attempting to identify matching patterns in the pre-processed first and second logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Richard H. Porter
  • NETWORK DEVICE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT BY PHYSICAL LOCATION
    Publication number: 20100205281
    Abstract: A method of managing a network including maintaining a database of network configuration profiles, each network configuration profile corresponding to a network device type and a physical location relative to the network, determining with a network device a physical location of the network device relative to the network upon the network device being initially connected to the network, the network device being of a network device type, and determining a network configuration profile with which to configure the network device from the database based on the physical location and the network device type of the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Richard H. Porter, Gregory D. Dolkas, Mark W. Fidler