Patents by Inventor Savitha Somashekharappa Gowdru

Savitha Somashekharappa Gowdru 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).

  • Networked computer system with reduced vulnerability to directed attacks
    Patent number: 8024801
    Abstract: An attacker is prevented from obtaining information about the configuration of a computer system. Each of one or more revealing content elements that may be found in outgoing data transmitted by the computer system and that are capable of being used by the attacker to obtain the information about the configuration of the computer system is associated with one or more respective replacement content elements. Outgoing data to be transmitted by the computer system are then scanned for these one or more revealing content elements. A revealing content element found in the outgoing data is replaced by a replacement content element from the one or more replacement content elements associated with that revealing content element. This is done before the outgoing data is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Savitha Somashekharappa Gowdru, Atul Kisanrao Hedaoo, Santhosh Narasimhan, Mahantesh Patrimath, Ravi Kumar Singh
  • Networked Computer System with Reduced Vulnerability to Directed Attacks
    Publication number: 20090055927
    Abstract: An attacker is prevented from obtaining information about the configuration of a computer system. Each of one or more revealing content elements that may be found in outgoing data transmitted by the computer system and that are capable of being used by the attacker to obtain the information about the configuration of the computer system is associated with one or more respective replacement content elements. Outgoing data to be transmitted by the computer system are then scanned for these one or more revealing content elements. A revealing content element found in the outgoing data is replaced by a replacement content element from the one or more replacement content elements associated with that revealing content element. This is done before the outgoing data is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Savitha Somashekharappa Gowdru, Atul Kisanrao Hedaoo, Santhosh Narasimhan, Mahantesh Patrimath, Ravi Kumar Singh