Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Donahue
Thomas P. Donahue 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).
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Publication number: 20220046055Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing an access log of a proxy server device of a content delivery network (CDN) to detect and mitigate a denial of service (DOS) on a web or content server hosted by the CDN. Through an analysis of the content requests received at the proxy server listed in the access logs, one or more IP addresses may be identified as involved in a potential DOS attack or other suspicious behavior. Once identified, the suspicious activities of the one or more IP addresses may be tracked and aggregated over a particular period of time, with each detected suspicious request to the content server being counted. The count of suspicious requests to the content server may then be compared to one or more threshold values and a remediation action may occur when the thresholds are met or exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Donahue, Henry Yu
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Patent number: 11165818Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing an access log of a proxy server device of a content delivery network (CDN) to detect and mitigate a denial of service (DOS) on a web or content server hosted by the CDN. Through an analysis of the content requests received at the proxy server listed in the access logs, one or more IP addresses may be identified as involved in a potential DOS attack or other suspicious behavior. Once identified, the suspicious activities of the one or more IP addresses may be tracked and aggregated over a particular period of time, with each detected suspicious request to the content server being counted. The count of suspicious requests to the content server may then be compared to one or more threshold values and a remediation action may occur when the thresholds are met or exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Donahue, Henry Yu
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Publication number: 20200252425Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing an access log of a proxy server device of a content delivery network (CDN) to detect and mitigate a denial of service (DOS) on a web or content server hosted by the CDN. Through an analysis of the content requests received at the proxy server listed in the access logs, one or more IP addresses may be identified as involved in a potential DOS attack or other suspicious behavior. Once identified, the suspicious activities of the one or more IP addresses may be tracked and aggregated over a particular period of time, with each detected suspicious request to the content server being counted. The count of suspicious requests to the content server may then be compared to one or more threshold values and a remediation action may occur when the thresholds are met or exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Donahue, Henry Yu
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Patent number: 10581903Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing an access log of a proxy server device of a content delivery network (CDN) to detect and mitigate a denial of service (DOS) on a web or content server hosted by the CDN. Through an analysis of the content requests received at the proxy server listed in the access logs, one or more IP addresses may be identified as involved in a potential DOS attack or other suspicious behavior. Once identified, the suspicious activities of the one or more IP addresses may be tracked and aggregated over a particular period of time, with each detected suspicious request to the content server being counted. The count of suspicious requests to the content server may then be compared to one or more threshold values and a remediation action may occur when the thresholds are met or exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Donahue, Henry Yu
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Publication number: 20170366576Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing an access log of a proxy server device of a content delivery network (CDN) to detect and mitigate a denial of service (DOS) on a web or content server hosted by the CDN. Through an analysis of the content requests received at the proxy server listed in the access logs, one or more IP addresses may be identified as involved in a potential DOS attack or other suspicious behavior. Once identified, the suspicious activities of the one or more IP addresses may be tracked and aggregated over a particular period of time, with each detected suspicious request to the content server being counted. The count of suspicious requests to the content server may then be compared to one or more threshold values and a remediation action may occur when the thresholds are met or exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Donahue, Henry Yu
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Patent number: 9415248Abstract: A fire extinguishment container including a container body that defines an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, a cover positionable over the opening, a sealing member positioned between the container body and the cover when the cover is positioned over the opening, wherein the sealing member is formed from a heat-resistant material, and a locking mechanism connected to the container body and the cover to retain the cover over the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Thomas P. Donahue
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Patent number: 8640234Abstract: A method of managing network usage by defining a set of linguistic patterns, where each linguistic pattern is associated with a condition that is to be monitored. Network packets are captured during transmission and analyzed to identify linguistic patterns. Captured network packets are scored based on similarity of at least one linguistic pattern to one or more of the defined set of linguistic patterns. When a packet that is scored above a specified threshold value is identified, at least one responsive action is implemented. In this manner, a system implementing the method is able to identify network traffic that is associated with prospective malicious activity and thereby provide an early warning before damage has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Trustwave Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Derek Gassen, Thomas P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20130264346Abstract: A fire extinguishment container including a container body that defines an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, a cover positionable over the opening, a sealing member positioned between the container body and the cover when the cover is positioned over the opening, wherein the sealing member is formed from a heat-resistant material, and a locking mechanism connected to the container body and the cover to retain the cover over the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Thomas P. Donahue
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Patent number: 7577739Abstract: A system for monitoring and maintaining an acceptable use policy for network communications monitors, stores and searches for the presence of preselected regular expressions, either by subject category or by keywords. The regular expressions within the subject categories are assigned predetermined values, either negative or positive. If a communication contains regular expressions whose sum of weighted values exceeds a threshold value, the communication is stored for subsequent review by an authorized user of the system. If the communication contains keywords selected by the authorized user, the communication is also stored for subsequent review.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Vericept CorporationInventor: Thomas P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20080133745Abstract: A system for monitoring and maintaining an acceptable use policy for network communications monitors, stores and searches for the presence of preselected regular expressions, either by subject category or by keywords. The regular expressions within the subject categories are assigned predetermined values, either negative or positive. If a communication contains regular expressions whose sum of weighted values exceeds a threshold value, the communication is stored for subsequent review by an authorized user of the system. If the communication contains keywords selected by the authorized user, the communication is also stored for subsequent review.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: VERICEPT CORPORATIONInventor: Thomas P. DONAHUE
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Patent number: 7315891Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring and maintaining an acceptable use policy for network communications. Such communications are monitored, stored and searched for the presence of preselected regular expressions, either by subject category or by keywords. The regular expressions within the subject categories are assigned predetermined values, either negative or positive. If a communication contains regular expressions whose sum of weighted values exceeds a threshold value, the communication is stored for subsequent review by an authorized user of the system. If the communication contains keywords selected by the authorized user, the communication is also stored for subsequent review.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2001Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Vericept CorporationInventor: Thomas P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20020004907Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring and maintaining an acceptable use policy for network communications. Such communications are monitored, stored and searched for the presence of preselected regular expressions, either by subject category or by keywords. The regular expressions within the subject categories are assigned predetermined values, either negative or positive. If a communication contains regular expressions whose sum of weighted values exceeds a threshold value, the communication is stored for subsequent review by an authorized user of the system. If the communication contains keywords selected by the authorized user, the communication is also stored for subsequent review.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventor: Thomas P. Donahue