Patents by Inventor Sally C. Thurman

Sally C. Thurman 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 providing a mobile IP network with non-path dependent intra domain quality of service
    Patent number: 8082361
    Abstract: A system and method for providing quality of service (QoS) service over a mobile IP network with dynamic domains, multiple or distributed QoS managers per domain and/or with network congestion feedback being used to establish an estimated total domain bandwidth which is used for regulating access to a domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason A. Alexander, Wayne A. Kraus, Sally C. Thurman
  • System and method for implementing digital certificate revocation in an ad-hoc network
    Patent number: 7853785
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for implementing maintenance and distribution of revocation information within an ad-hoc network. The system includes at least one network node. The network node includes a computer implemented application configured to maintain revocation information in computer memory and distribute the revocation information to other network nodes using a two stage distribution method. The distribution method includes a first stage wherein the revocation message is transmitted to all certifier nodes within the ad-hoc network, and a second stage wherein each certifier node distributes the revocation message to at least one non-certifier node associated with the certifier node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Sally C. Thurman, Karl F. Hoech, Frank A. Hummer
  • Certifier hierarchy for public key infrastructure in an ad-hoc network
    Patent number: 7809941
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a hierarchical set of certifiers nodes for a public key infrastructure within an ad-hoc network. The method includes determining at least one potential certifier node that is eligible to become certifier nodes from a set of nodes in an ad-hoc network, creating a new certifier node from the at least one potential certifier node based on a selection criteria, and creating a parent-child relationship with the new certifier node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Sally C. Thurman, Karl F. Hoech, Frank A. Hummer
  • Method and system for providing a mobile IP network with non-path dependent intra domain quality of service
    Patent number: 7269657
    Abstract: A system and method for providing quality of service (QoS) service over a mobile IP network with dynamic domains, multiple or distributed QoS managers per domain and/or with network congestion feedback being used to establish an estimated total domain bandwidth which is used for regulating access to a domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason A. Alexander, Wayne A. Kraus, Sally C. Thurman