Patents by Inventor Scott Mewett

Scott Mewett 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: 7178166
    Abstract: Providing a user with assurance that a computer is secure based on a vulnerability assessment completed by a browser-compatible scanner operating on the computer. If the scanner finds a vulnerability, the scanner can inform the user that the machine is or may be compromised, or repair the vulnerability. For example, the scanner may be able to repair the vulnerability of the workstation. In the alternative, the scanner can provide the scan results to a network server. If the vulnerability assessment shows that the workstation is compromised, or if the possibility of remote compromise is high, the network server can decline to provide network services to the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Taylor, Scott Mewett, Philip C. Brass, Theodore R. Doty
  • Patent number: 6907531
    Abstract: A method and system identifies, fixes, and updates security vulnerabilities in a host computer or host computers. The present invention can communicate between a scanner with plug-in capability, an operating system, and an express update package. The architectural set-up can allow exploits within the scanner and exploits in the express update package to function with no knowledge of each other. The user also needs no knowledge of whether the exploits are within the scanner or the express update package. Mutual authentication procedures can enable the scanner to load only legitimate express update packages, and can provide that express update packages can only be loaded into legitimate scanners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Dodd, Scott Mewett, Curtis E. Ide, Kevin A. Overcash, David A. Dennerline, Bobby J. Williams, Martin D. Sells