Patents by Inventor Shelli J. Richard

Shelli J. Richard 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: 9130937
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving a message at a first network interface of a first node. The first network interface communicates with a first network while a second network interface communicates with a second network. The method includes determining a set of expected tokens and an expected order of tokens. A plurality of tokens are accessed that were generated for the message, each of the plurality of tokens associated with a policy service of a plurality of policy services. The method includes generating a plurality of decrypted tokens from the plurality of tokens using a first parameter associated with the plurality of policy services and validating the decrypted tokens by comparing the decrypted tokens to the set of expected tokens. In response to validating the decrypted tokens and determining that the decrypted tokens are in the expected order, an approval is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Jason E. Ostermann, Teresa M. Bieda, Matthew J. Hicks, Alan T. Huch, Richard J. Ernst, Shelli J. Richard