Patents by Inventor Robert Durham Short

Robert Durham Short 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 for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private network
    Patent number: 7188180
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for establishing a secure communication link between a first computer and a second computer over a computer network. Initially, a secure communication mode of communication is enabled at a first computer without a user entering any cryptographic information for establishing the secure communication mode of communication. Then, a secure communication link is established between the first computer and a second computer over a computer network based on the enabled secure communication mode of communication. The secure communication link is a virtual private network communication link over the computer network in which one or more data values that vary according to a pseudo-random sequence are inserted into each data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: VimetX, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Larson, Robert Durham Short, III, Edmund Colby Munger, Michael Williamson
  • Method for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private network
    Publication number: 20040103205
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for establishing a secure communication link between a first computer and a second computer over a computer network. Initially, a secure communication mode of communication is enabled at a first computer without a user entering any cryptographic information for establishing the secure communication mode of communication. Then, a secure communication link is established between the first computer and a second computer over a computer network based on the enabled secure communication mode of communication. The secure communication link is a virtual private network communication link over the computer network in which one or more data values that vary according to a pseudo-random sequence are inserted into each data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Larson, Robert Durham Short, Edmund Colby Munger, Michael Williamson
  • Agile network protocol for secure communications using secure domain names
    Publication number: 20040098485
    Abstract: A secure domain name service for a computer network is disclosed that includes a portal connected to a computer network, such as the Internet, and a domain name database connected to the computer network through the portal. The portal authenticates a query for a secure computer network address, and the domain name database stores secure computer network addresses for the computer network. Each secure computer network address is based on a non-standard top-level domain name, such as .scom, .sorg, .snet, .snet, .sedu, .smil and .sint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Larson, Robert Durham Short, Edmund Colby Munger, Michael Williamson