Patents by Inventor Tom Kroeger

Tom Kroeger 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 apparatus for clustered SSL accelerator
    Patent number: 7305450
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for clustered Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) acceleration where two or more SSL relays are connected in a cluster. Information is transferred between a first node (typically, the client) and one of the SSL relays where the transferred information is related to communication between the first node and a second node (typically, the server). The state information of an SSL connection between the first node and the one SSL relay is clustered. The clustering includes sharing the state information between the one SSL relay and each of the one or more SSL relays. Any of the SSL relays can take over all connections of another of the clustered SSL relays therefore, providing no interruption in the communication should any of the SSL relays fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Rescorla, Adam Cain, Brian Korver, Tom Kroeger, David Kashtan, Craig Watkins
  • Method and apparatus for clustered SSL accelerator
    Publication number: 20020161834
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for clustered Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) acceleration where two or more SSL relays are connected in a cluster. Information is transferred between a first node (typically, the client) and one of the SSL relays where the transferred information is related to communication between the first node and a second node (typically, the server). The state information of an SSL connection between the first node and the one SSL relay is clustered. The clustering includes sharing the state information between the one SSL relay and each of the one or more SSL relays. Any of the SSL relays can take over all connections of another of the clustered SSL relays therefore, providing no interruption in the communication should any of the SSL relays fail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Eric Rescorla, Adam Cain, Brian Korver, Tom Kroeger, David Kashtan, Craig Watkins