Patents by Inventor Shlomo Avital
Shlomo Avital 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).
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Publication number: 20230216878Abstract: A method of preventing exploitation of a vulnerability of a computing system includes generating a deprivation token to cause disabling of a selected one or more features of a component of the computing system to prevent an exploit of a vulnerability affecting the selected one or more features; and publishing the derivation token to at least one of a computing system manufacturer computing system and an enterprise information technology (IT) computing system for distribution to affected computing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Shay Pluderman, Omer Ben-Shalom, Shlomo Avital, Tzipi Wales, Elisheva Zobin
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Patent number: 11570199Abstract: A method of preventing exploitation of a vulnerability of a computing system includes generating a deprivation token to cause disabling of a selected one or more features of a component of the computing system to prevent an exploit of a vulnerability affecting the selected one or more features; and publishing the derivation token to at least one of a computing system manufacturer computing system and an enterprise information technology (IT) computing system for distribution to affected computing systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shay Pluderman, Omer Ben-Shalom, Shlomo Avital, Tzipi Wales, Elisheva Zobin
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Publication number: 20210120028Abstract: A method of preventing exploitation of a vulnerability of a computing system includes generating a deprivation token to cause disabling of a selected one or more features of a component of the computing system to prevent an exploit of a vulnerability affecting the selected one or more features; and publishing the derivation token to at least one of a computing system manufacturer computing system and an enterprise information technology (IT) computing system for distribution to affected computing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Shay Pluderman, Omer Ben-Shalom, Shlomo Avital, Tzipi Wales, Elisheva Zobin
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Patent number: 10397112Abstract: Technologies for communicating with local components of a computing device include intercepting a name resolution request from a host application, resolving a hostname included in the name resolution request to obtain a network address assigned to a target destination of the network packet, and transmitting the network address to the host application in response to the name resolution request. Such technologies may also include receiving the network packet from the host application destined for the network address, determining whether the target destination of the network packet includes a local component of the computing device based on the network address, and transmitting the network packet to the local component of the computing device via a platform network in response to the network packet being destined for the local component of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga
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Publication number: 20170331738Abstract: Technologies for communicating with local components of a computing device include intercepting a name resolution request from a host application, resolving a hostname included in the name resolution request to obtain a network address assigned to a target destination of the network packet, and transmitting the network address to the host application in response to the name resolution request. Such technologies may also include receiving the network packet from the host application destined for the network address, determining whether the target destination of the network packet includes a local component of the computing device based on the network address, and transmitting the network packet to the local component of the computing device via a platform network in response to the network packet being destined for the local component of the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga
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Patent number: 9537767Abstract: Technologies for communicating with local components of a computing device include intercepting a name resolution request from a host application, resolving a hostname included in the name resolution request to obtain a network address assigned to a target destination of the network packet, and transmitting the network address to the host application in response to the name resolution request. Such technologies may also include receiving the network packet from the host application destined for the network address, determining, whether the target destination of the network packet includes a local component of the computing device based on the network address, and transmitting the network packet to the local component of the computing device via a platform network in response to the network packet being destined for the local component of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga
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Patent number: 8923258Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method to resolve a location of nodes operating in a wireless network, comprising using a wireless network infrastructure of the wireless network to determine the location of the nodes by each location aware node distributing location information within the wireless network such that each node may learn its location directly from the infrastructure of the network.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Shlomo Avital, Miri Ratner
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Publication number: 20140310428Abstract: Technologies for communicating with local components of a computing device include intercepting a name resolution request from a host application, resolving a hostname included in the name resolution request to obtain a network address assigned to a target destination of the network packet, and transmitting the network address to the host application in response to the name resolution request. Such technologies may also include receiving the network packet from the host application destined for the network address, determining, whether the target destination of the network packet includes a local component of the computing device based on the network address, and transmitting the network packet to the local component of the computing device via a platform network in response to the network packet being destined for the local component of the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga
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Patent number: 8862904Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter configured for wireless communication using more than one technology using distributed management and wherein the network adapter is configured to share a plurality of shared hardware components by automatically turning all other comms to OFF when one comm is turned to ON.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Boris Ginzburg, Sharon Ben-Porath, Oren Kaidar, Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga, Max Fudim, Eran Friedlander
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Patent number: 8817657Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising retrieving a first network scan while connected to a second network access point (AP), without actually accessing the air, by the AP sending a message to “Get first network base station (BS) list” to devices in communication with the AP and operable to communicate in the first and the second networks, merging by the AP all answers from the devices to provide a list of all base stations (BS's) in the AP's vicinity, and querying the AP by other devices for the network BS list.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga
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Patent number: 8787228Abstract: A method, apparatus and a wireless communication system to reduce power consumption of a wireless Multicomm device by using a location-aware scanning for detecting WLAN networks. The location awareness is obtained from a base station identifier of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and is based on a preconfigured database that associates WWAN BS IDs with potential WLAN networks.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Shlomo Avital, Miri Ratner, Ofer Markovits, Giora Rayzman, Eran Sudak
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Patent number: 8644202Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter configured for wireless communication using more than one technology, and wherein the network adapter is configured to share a plurality of shared hardware components by limiting access to the air to one comm only at given time by designating one comm that owns the shared hardware components as a primary comm and all other comms are secondary comms, wherein the primary comm allows the secondary comms to use the shared hardware components when it is in an idle-state but when the primary comm returns from the idle state, it claims ownership of the shared resources and the secondary comms release the shared resources.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Boris Ginzburg, Sharon Ben-Porat, Oren Kaidar, Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga, Sridharan Sakthivelu, Eran Friedlander
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Publication number: 20140020123Abstract: A platform protected by an always-available security system to protect against platform loss and platform theft is described. The system comprises, in one embodiment, a pairing logic to pair the platform with an other device, the other device reached via a network connection, an interface to detect when the proximity to the other device is lost. The system further comprises, in one embodiment, the arming logic to arm the platform in response to the loss of proximity, and move the system to an armed mode, and a core logic to evaluate the risk behavior and determine whether a security action logic should take a security action.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Michael Berger, Shlomo Avital
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Publication number: 20130130798Abstract: A video game controller has a main portion for receiving a person interacting with the controller. The controller has a support about which the main portion can be tilted relative to a ground face while maintaining the person interacting with the controller facing substantially the same direction. And the controller can communicate values representative of the tilt to a video game being controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Amit NIR, Shlomo AVITAL
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Publication number: 20120249300Abstract: In various embodiments, the location of a wireless communications device may be found by determining the distance to at least one other communications device whose location is known. Each distance may be determined by examining the transmit power and received signal strength indicator for a transmission from that device. Triangulation techniques may be used to convert multiple distances from multiple devices into a location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Shlomo Avital, Miri Ratner
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Patent number: 8270342Abstract: In a multi-radio platform that operates in two networks, both the announced beacon intervals and the actual beacon intervals in one network may be periodically increased and decreased in defined amounts so that the beacons will not overlap scheduled communications with the other network. The determination of how much and how often to adjust these beacon intervals may be based, at least partially, on the minimum increments in which the beacons intervals are permitted to be adjusted, and on the scheduled communications intervals of the other network.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Xue Yang, Hsin-Yuo Liu, Mathijs C. Walma, Shlomo Avital
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Publication number: 20120120944Abstract: A method for coexistence radio communication systems is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a realtime frame synchronization signal and receiving one or more frame parameters. The method further includes determining, based at least on the frame synchronization signal and the frame parameters, estimated frame timing information and scheduling transmission based on the estimated frame timing information to avoid collision of the transmission and reception.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Xue Yang, Shlomo Avital, Xingang Guo
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Publication number: 20120120929Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method to resolve a location of nodes operating in a wireless network, comprising using a wireless network infrastructure of the wireless network to determine the location of the nodes by each location aware node distributing location information within the wireless network such that each node may learn its location directly from the infrastructure of the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Shlomo Avital, Miri Ratner
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Publication number: 20120076107Abstract: In some embodiments a network adapter comprises a first network access technology and a second network access technology and a controller comprising logic to locate an available network which utilizes the first network access technology and automatically connect to the available network using the first network access technology when a network identifier associated with the available network is stored in a memory module coupled to the network adapter. Other embodiments may be described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Shlomo Avital, Ofer Markovits, Miri Ratner
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Publication number: 20120057552Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter configured for wireless communication using more than one technology, and wherein the network adapter is configured to share a plurality of shared hardware components by limiting access to the air to one comm only at given time by designating one comm that owns the shared hardware components as a primary comm and all other comms are secondary comms, wherein the primary comm allows the secondary comms to use the shared hardware components when it is in an idle-state but when the primary comm returns from the idle state, it claims ownership of the shared resources and the secondary comms release the shared resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Boris GINZBURG, Sharon Ben-Porat, Oren Kaidar, Shlomo Avital, Avishay Sharaga, Sridharan Sakthivelu, Eran Friedlander