Patents by Inventor Todd Douglas Inman

Todd Douglas Inman 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).

  • Fault reducing firewall system
    Patent number: 7237259
    Abstract: Disclosed are two mechanisms for preventing access failures attributable to dynamic port assignment of firewall-blocked ports. The mechanism involves an enhanced firewall that opens blocked ports prior to possible dynamic allocation so that the blocked ports are not available when a port is requested. The second mechanism involves an enhanced commutations stack that works in conjunction with an enhanced firewall to reserve blocked ports so that the blocked ports are not available for dynamic allocation when a port is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Monroe Crutcher, Paul Maurice Gunsch, Todd Douglas Inman, William Russell Marshall
  • Fault reducing firewall system
    Publication number: 20040093511
    Abstract: Disclosed are two mechanisms for preventing access failures attributable to dynamic port assignment of firewall-blocked ports. The mechanism involves an enhanced firewall that opens blocked ports prior to possible dynamic allocation so that the blocked ports are not available when a port is requested. The second mechanism involves an enhanced commutations stack that works in conjunction with an enhanced firewall to reserve blocked ports so that the blocked ports are not available for dynamic allocation when a port is requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Monroe Crutcher, Paul Maurice Gunsch, Todd Douglas Inman, William Russell Marshall