Patents by Inventor Steven M. Firestone

Steven M. Firestone 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).

  • Application transaction tracking across network boundaries
    Patent number: 9419851
    Abstract: A computing device is provided that automatically tags and tracks Transport Control Protocol (TCP) packets through one or more communications networks. An agent module at a sending device inserts tracking tags into the headers of TCP packets before sending the TCP packets to a remote receiving device. The receiving device also comprises an agent module that identifies and associates the tracking tags of the received TCP packets with the data carried by those TCP packets. The associations are stored in memory for later analysis by an application administrator or systems engineer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Dyson, Steven M. Firestone