Patents by Inventor Stephen John Bevan

Stephen John Bevan 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).

  • Distributed node discovery and overlay path management on a data communication network
    Patent number: 12381777
    Abstract: An initial provisioning by a management plane of the SD-WAN is received from a centralized SD-WAN gateway with static path overlay between the network edge device on a local LAN and the centralized SD-WAN gateway. At runtime, intelligent decision are made about which overlay path to select and when for the new flow over a control plane of the SD-WAN, based on the topology of the remote network edge and the local SDWAN policy, and to build the selected overlay path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Dmitry Perets
  • DISTRIBUTED NODE DISCOVERY AND OVERLAY PATH MANAGEMENT ON A DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20230216733
    Abstract: An initial provisioning by a management plane of the SD-WAN is received from a centralized SD-WAN gateway with static path overlay between the network edge device on a local LAN and the centralized SD-WAN gateway. At runtime, intelligent decision are made about which overlay path to select and when for the new flow over a control plane of the SD-WAN, based on the topology of the remote network edge and the local SDWAN policy, and to build the selected overlay path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Dmitry Perets
  • Managing transfer of data in a data network
    Patent number: 9729655
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • MANAGING TRANSFER OF DATA IN A DATA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170013077
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • Method, apparatus, signals, and medium for managing transfer of data in a data network
    Patent number: 9118719
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, SIGNALS, AND MEDIUM FOR MANAGING TRANSFER OF DATA IN A DATA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140366089
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • Method, apparatus, signals, and medium for managing transfer of data in a data network
    Patent number: 8856884
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • Method, apparatus, signals, and medium for managing a transfer of data in a data network
    Patent number: 8166547
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, SIGNALS, AND MEDIUM FOR MANAGING TRANSFER OF DATA IN A DATA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120023557
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, SIGNALS, AND MEDIUM FOR MANAGING TRANSFER OF DATA IN A DATA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120023228
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a transfer of data in a data network identifies data associated with a communication session between a first node and a second node in the data network. Further processing of the communication session occurs when a portion of the communication session meets a criterion and the communication session is permitted to continue when the portion of the communication session does not meet the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Bevan, Michael Xie, Hongwei Li, Wenping Luo, Shaohong Wei