Patents by Inventor Stephen Frank Donnelly
Stephen Frank Donnelly 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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Patent number: 12197372Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device. A method for network recording is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson, William Brier
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Patent number: 11722587Abstract: In one embodiment, a network recorder includes a storage device; a motherboard; and daughter-cards. Each of the daughter-cards includes an input port, a packet analyzer, an entropy calculator, a comparator, and a processor. The input port receives a plurality of computer data packets. The packet analyzer identifies header fields and a starting point of the payload data in the plurality of computer data packets. The entropy calculator examines the payload data of the plurality of the computer data packets to respectively generate an entropy estimate for each of the plurality of computer data packets. The comparator compares each entropy estimate with an entropy truncation threshold to generate an entropy exceed signal to indicate that the payload data of a computer data packet can be truncated to conserve storage space. The processor compresses at least some of the payload data of the plurality of computer data packets that are not truncated.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
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Patent number: 11461265Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson, William Brier
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Patent number: 11436175Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson
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Patent number: 11416432Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson
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Publication number: 20220253397Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device. A method for network recording is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson
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Publication number: 20220060570Abstract: In one embodiment, a network recorder includes a storage device; a motherboard; and daughter-cards. Each of the daughter-cards includes an input port, a packet analyzer, an entropy calculator, a comparator, and a processor. The input port receives a plurality of computer data packets. The packet analyzer identifies header fields and a starting point of the payload data in the plurality of computer data packets. The entropy calculator examines the payload data of the plurality of the computer data packets to respectively generate an entropy estimate for each of the plurality of computer data packets. The comparator compares each entropy estimate with an entropy truncation threshold to generate an entropy exceed signal to indicate that the payload data of a computer data packet can be truncated to conserve storage space. The processor compresses at least some of the payload data of the plurality of computer data packets that are not truncated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
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Patent number: 11172055Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of conserving storage space in a network recorder includes receiving a computer packet including a header and payload data; estimating entropy of the payload data in the computer packet; determining if storage of the computer packet is of value or not based on the header of the computer packet; and storing all or a portion of the computer packet into a storage device based on the estimated entropy and the value determination.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
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Patent number: 10846257Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Endance Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson, William Brier
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Publication number: 20190324936Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device. A method for network recording is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen
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Publication number: 20190324935Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device. A method for network recording is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen
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Publication number: 20190158635Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of conserving storage space in a network recorder includes receiving a computer packet including a header and payload data; estimating entropy of the payload data in the computer packet; determining if storage of the computer packet is of value or not based on the header of the computer packet; and storing all or a portion of the computer packet into a storage device based on the estimated entropy and the value determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
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Publication number: 20180004435Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device. A method for network recording is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen
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Publication number: 20160328159Abstract: A high speed intelligent network recorder for recording a plurality of flows of network data packets into and out of a computer network over a relevant data time window is disclosed. The high speed intelligent network recorder includes a printed circuit board; a high speed network switching device mounted to the printed circuit board; and an X column by Y row array of a plurality of intelligent hard drives with micro-computers mounted to the printed circuit board and coupled in parallel with the high speed network switching device. A method for network recording is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Endace Technology LimitedInventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson