Patents by Inventor Steven Paul Gessner

Steven Paul Gessner 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).

  • Augmented data collection from suspected attackers of a computer network
    Patent number: 11223651
    Abstract: Technology for isolating suspicious activity on a plurality of servers for the purpose of mitigating damage (for example, unauthorized access to server data) to a network of computers and eliciting information about any suspicious clients involved in the suspicious activity. A suspicious client is identified, isolated, and permitted to continue interacting with the computer network to elicit information about the activity (for example, the identify of a suspicious client). Suspicious activity is defined by network administrators and determined using conventional techniques. The suspicious activity is isolated to prevent the suspicious client(s) from unauthorized and/or harmful actions on the network. The suspicious client(s) are permitted to resume network requests, in isolation, to covertly elicit information about the suspicious activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Shultz, Steven Paul Gessner, Marci A. Beach, Patricia M. Rando
  • AUGMENTED DATA COLLECTION FROM SUSPECTED ATTACKERS OF A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20210037054
    Abstract: Technology for isolating suspicious activity on a plurality of servers for the purpose of mitigating damage (for example, unauthorized access to server data) to a network of computers and eliciting information about any suspicious clients involved in the suspicious activity. A suspicious client is identified, isolated, and permitted to continue interacting with the computer network to elicit information about the activity (for example, the identify of a suspicious client). Suspicious activity is defined by network administrators and determined using conventional techniques. The suspicious activity is isolated to prevent the suspicious client(s) from unauthorized and/or harmful actions on the network. The suspicious client(s) are permitted to resume network requests, in isolation, to covertly elicit information about the suspicious activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Shultz, Steven Paul Gessner, Marci A. Beach, Patricia M. Rando