Patents by Inventor Stacy J. Prowell

Stacy J. Prowell 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: 10841277
    Abstract: A system and method includes an operational network that communicates with an external network by opening a first transmission protocol socket. A data diode coupled to the operational network and a gateway enables the one-way transfer of all information received from the external network and transmitted by the operational network to the gateway such that no information travels from the gateway to the operational network or the external network. The gateway opens a second transmission protocol socket by mapping a sequence number to an acknowledgement number and increasing that mapped acknowledgement number by a value of one. A transmitter then transmits the acknowledgment to a remote network or a gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Brent K. Park, Stacy J. Prowell, Richard A. Raines, Joseph P. Trien
  • Patent number: 10685118
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as the system) detects malware, viruses, and/or malicious activity by generating a direct current source power consumption profile by causing a monitored device to execute a fully automated recurrent software operation. The system receives by an automated detection system, the direct current source power consumption profile generated by an intelligent power sensor and generates by a detection engine, a power security profile that identifies suspicious code by profiling direct current consumed by monitored type devices. The system executes a detection engine remote from the monitored device that identifies an infected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Stacy J. Prowell, Jeffrey A. Nichols, Jarilyn M. Hernandez Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20190052600
    Abstract: A system and method includes an operational network that communicates with an external network by opening a first transmission protocol socket. A data diode coupled to the operational network and a gateway enables the one-way transfer of all information received from the external network and transmitted by the operational network to the gateway such that no information travels from the gateway to the operational network or the external network. The gateway opens a second transmission protocol socket by mapping a sequence number to an acknowledgement number and increasing that mapped acknowledgement number by a value of one. A transmitter then transmits the acknowledgment to a remote network or a gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Brent K. Park, Stacy J. Prowell, Richard A. Raines, Joseph P. Trien
  • Publication number: 20180330091
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as the system) detects malware, viruses, and/or malicious activity by generating a direct current source power consumption profile by causing a monitored device to execute a fully automated recurrent software operation. The system receives by an automated detection system, the direct current source power consumption profile generated by an intelligent power sensor and generates by a detection engine, a power security profile that identifies suspicious code by profiling direct current consumed by monitored type devices. The system executes a detection engine remote from the monitored device that identifies an infected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Stacy J. Prowell, Jeffrey A. Nichols, Jarilyn M. Hernandez Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20160357965
    Abstract: A computer network computer server device accesses software from a file. The device builds a structured flow control that maps the software's execution paths. The structured flow control is evaluated using multiple distance measures to determine if a portion of the software is malicious.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Stacy J. Prowell, Kirk D. Sayre, Rima L. Awad
  • Patent number: 9172698
    Abstract: Functional randomness in security tokens (FRIST) may achieve improved security in two-factor authentication hardware tokens by improving on the algorithms used to securely generate random data. A system and method in one embodiment according to the present invention may allow for security of a token based on storage cost and computational security. This approach may enable communication where security is no longer based solely on onetime pads (OTPs) generated from a single cryptographic function (e.g., SHA-256).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Evans, Travis S. Humble, Nathanael R. Paul, Raphael C. Pooser, Stacy J. Prowell
  • Patent number: 9135440
    Abstract: A system detects malware in a computing architecture with an unknown pedigree. The system includes a first computing device having a known pedigree and operating free of malware. The first computing device executes a series of instrumented functions that, when executed, provide a statistical baseline that is representative of the time it takes the software application to run on a computing device having a known pedigree. A second computing device executes a second series of instrumented functions that, when executed, provides an actual time that is representative of the time the known software application runs on the second computing device. The system detects malware when there is a difference in execution times between the first and the second computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Stacy J. Prowell, Christopher T. Rathgeb
  • Publication number: 20140041031
    Abstract: A system detects malware in a computing architecture with an unknown pedigree. The system includes a first computing device having a known pedigree and operating free of malware. The first computing device executes a series of instrumented functions that, when executed, provide a statistical baseline that is representative of the time it takes the software application to run on a computing device having a known pedigree. A second computing device executes a second series of instrumented functions that, when executed, provides an actual time that is representative of the time the known software application runs on the second computing device. The system detects malware when there is a difference in execution times between the first and the second computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Stacy J. Prowell, Christopher T. Rathgeb