Patents by Inventor Robert S. Wilbourn

Robert S. Wilbourn 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).

  • DNS resolution, policies, and views for large volume systems
    Patent number: 8707429
    Abstract: Systems and methods for resolving domain name system (DNS) queries are provided herein. Methods may include receiving a DNS query from a DNS client via a DNS server, responsive to the DNS query, generating the DNS response utilizing the at least one policy associated with the view, providing the DNS response to the DNS client from which the DNS query was received, and storing the DNS response in a shared cache, the shared cache including previously generated DNS responses that are available to the DNS server, wherein previously generated DNS responses may be provided to DNS clients upon receiving a DNS query corresponding to at least one of the previously generated DNS responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nominum, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Wilbourn, Jonathan P. Wood, Robert Thomas Halley
  • Network Protection Service
    Publication number: 20130014253
    Abstract: A network protection method is provided. The network protection method may include receiving a Domain Name System (DNS) request, logging the DNS request, classifying the DNS request based on an analysis of a DNS name associated with the DNS request, taking a security action based on the classification, analyzing network traffic after taking the security action, and providing substantially real-time feedback associated with the network traffic to improve future DNS request classifications. The method may further include receiving a DNS response and logging the DNS response. The analysis of the DNS name may include receiving DNS data related to the DNS name from a plurality of sources, receiving reputation data related to the plurality of sources, scoring each of the plurality of sources based on the reputation data, and aggregating the DNS data related to the DNS name based on the scoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Vivian Neou, Robert S. Wilbourn, Handong Wu, Eileen Liu, Colleen Shannon, Sam Bretheim
  • DNS RESOLUTION, POLICIES, AND VIEWS FOR LARGE VOLUME SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120254996
    Abstract: Systems and methods for resolving domain name system (DNS) queries are provided herein. Methods may include receiving a DNS query from a DNS client via a DNS server, responsive to the DNS query, generating the DNS response utilizing the at least one policy associated with the view, providing the DNS response to the DNS client from which the DNS query was received, and storing the DNS response in a shared cache, the shared cache including previously generated DNS responses that are available to the DNS server, wherein previously generated DNS responses may be provided to DNS clients upon receiving a DNS query corresponding to at least one of the previously generated DNS responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Robert S. Wilbourn, Jonathan P. Wood, Robert Thomas Halley