Patents by Inventor Robert M. Zucker

Robert M. Zucker 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).

  • Patent number: 10171422
    Abstract: A configurable packet filtering system includes a packet filter configured to receive packets or groups of packets on an input. The packet filter compares predetermined portions of the received packets with information or criteria stored in a filter configuration file, and, if the information at the predetermined portions of the packets or groups of packets matches the information or criteria stored in the filter configuration file, forwards the packets or groups of packets on an output. The configurable packet filtering system also includes a filter configuration interface which is configured to receive a file on an input, to verify that the received file conforms to a predetermined specification, and, if the received file conforms to the predetermined specification, to replace the filter configuration file with the received file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Mraz, Robert M. Zucker
  • Patent number: 9853918
    Abstract: Two embodiments of a one-way network interface card are disclosed, a transmit-only version and a receive-only version. A network controller mounted on the circuit card is coupled to the host computer via a host computer interface. A first processor is coupled to a network interface of the network controller. A second processor has a separate network interface for communicating with a remote computer. A one-way link is coupled between the first processor and the second processor. For the transmit-only embodiment, the one-way link only allows information to be transferred from the first processor to the second processor, and thus information may only pass from the host computer to the remote computer. For the receive-only embodiment, the one-way link only allows information to be transferred from the second processor to the first processor, and thus information may only pass from the remote computer to the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Mraz, Robert M Zucker, Steven Staubly
  • Publication number: 20170302625
    Abstract: A configurable packet filtering system includes a packet filter configured to receive packets or groups of packets on an input. The packet filter compares predetermined portions of the received packets with information or criteria stored in a filter configuration file, and, if the information at the predetermined portions of the packets or groups of packets matches the information or criteria stored in the filter configuration file, forwards the packets or groups of packets on an output. The configurable packet filtering system also includes a filter configuration interface which is configured to receive a file on an input, to verify that the received file conforms to a predetermined specification, and, if the received file conforms to the predetermined specification, to replace the filter configuration file with the received file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald Mraz, Robert M. Zucker
  • Patent number: 9575987
    Abstract: A system for assuredly copying information from a reference database to a remote database. A send server is coupled to a first network. A receive server is coupled to a second network. A one-way data link provides unidirectional transfer of information from the send server to the receive server. A monitor application iteratively forwards update files including sequence information to the send server. An update application receives each update file and updates the remote database based therein. The update files are also sequentially stored in the send server in groups and each group is sent to the receive server and stored in memory. If an update file is not received in proper sequential order, the receive server stops sending update files in the current group and instead reads the missing update file and subsequent update files in the current group from memory and forwards such files to the update application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Owl Computing Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Mraz, Robert M Zucker
  • Publication number: 20160285786
    Abstract: Two embodiments of a one-way network interface card are disclosed, a transmit-only version and a receive-only version. A network controller mounted on the circuit card is coupled to the host computer via a host computer interface. A first processor is coupled to a network interface of the network controller. A second processor has a separate network interface for communicating with a remote computer. A one-way link is coupled between the first processor and the second processor. For the transmit-only embodiment, the one-way link only allows information to be transferred from the first processor to the second processor, and thus information may only pass from the host computer to the remote computer. For the receive-only embodiment, the one-way link only allows information to be transferred from the second processor to the first processor, and thus information may only pass from the remote computer to the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Mraz, Robert M. Zucker, Steven Staubly
  • Publication number: 20150370826
    Abstract: A system for assuredly copying information from a reference database to a remote database. A send server is coupled to a first network. A receive server is coupled to a second network. A one-way data link provides unidirectional transfer of information from the send server to the receive server. A monitor application iteratively forwards update files including sequence information to the send server. An update application receives each update file and updates the remote database based therein. The update files are also sequentially stored in the send server in groups and each group is sent to the receive server and stored in memory. If an update file is not received in proper sequential order, the receive server stops sending update files in the current group and instead reads the missing update file and subsequent update files in the current group from memory and forwards such files to the update application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Mraz, Robert M. Zucker