Patents by Inventor Thomas Handley

Thomas Handley 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).

  • Origin controlled attack protections in a distributed platform
    Patent number: 10021131
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an origin whose content is distributed by a third party content distributor control over invoking attack protections from the third party content distributor. The origin independently monitors requests and messaging the content distributor passes to the origin as a result of the content distributor needing to retrieve content from the origin before redistribution or because requested content is dynamic or uncacheable. Upon detection of an attack, the origin signals the content distributor to perform one of several attack protections on its behalf. In this manner, the origin leverages the content distributor distributed platform architecture to shield itself from attack. Based on the origin signaling, the content distributor rate limits, blocks, redirects, or performs other attack protections to reduce the load on the origin server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Digital Media Services Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Michael Daniel, Tin Zaw, Thomas Handley
  • Origin Controlled Attack Protections in a Distributed Platform
    Publication number: 20170237768
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an origin whose content is distributed by a third party content distributor control over invoking attack protections from the third party content distributor. The origin independently monitors requests and messaging the content distributor passes to the origin as a result of the content distributor needing to retrieve content from the origin before redistribution or because requested content is dynamic or uncacheable. Upon detection of an attack, the origin signals the content distributor to perform one of several attack protections on its behalf. In this manner, the origin leverages the content distributor distributed platform architecture to shield itself from attack. Based on the origin signaling, the content distributor rate limits, blocks, redirects, or performs other attack protections to reduce the load on the origin server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Michael Daniel, Tin Zaw, Thomas Handley