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).

  • Patent number: 12197372
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson, William Brier
  • Patent number: 11722587
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
  • Patent number: 11461265
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson, William Brier
  • Patent number: 11436175
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson
  • Patent number: 11416432
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220253397
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220060570
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
  • Patent number: 11172055
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
  • Patent number: 10846257
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Endance Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson, William Brier
  • Publication number: 20190324936
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen
  • Publication number: 20190324935
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen
  • Publication number: 20190158635
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
  • Publication number: 20180004435
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen
  • Publication number: 20160328159
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Anthony James Coddington, Stephen Frank Donnelly, David William Earl, Maxwell John Allen, Stuart Wilson