Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Gowan

Timothy A. Gowan 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).

  • Method and system for packet inspection in virtual network service chains
    Patent number: 11411843
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a packet inspection service is provided. The packet inspection service may enable a virtual entity of multiple virtual entities of a service chain to perform packet inspection on incoming packets and store the packet inspection information in a memory or storage device. The virtual entity may provide a service on the packets using the packet inspection information. The other virtual entities may provide services on the packets also using the packet inspection information without having to perform packet inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy A. Gowan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PACKET INSPECTION IN VIRTUAL NETWORK SERVICE CHAINS
    Publication number: 20210051083
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a packet inspection service is provided. The packet inspection service may enable a virtual entity of multiple virtual entities of a service chain to perform packet inspection on incoming packets and store the packet inspection information in a memory or storage device. The virtual entity may provide a service on the packets using the packet inspection information. The other virtual entities may provide services on the packets also using the packet inspection information without having to perform packet inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Timothy A. Gowan