Patents by Inventor Shawn L. Brown

Shawn L. Brown 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).

  • Firewall system and method with network mapping capabilities
    Patent number: 6839852
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for tracing a traffic event utilizing a firewall. Initially, a firewall is executed on a local computer. Next, traffic events between the local computer and a remote computer over a network are monitored utilizing the firewall. Further, the traffic events are displayed utilizing the firewall. In use, at least one of the traffic events is traced utilizing the firewall. Moreover, a map of the trace is displayed for effectively conveying information about the traffic event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Pantuso, Shawn L. Brown