Patents by Inventor Trent ALTMAN
Trent ALTMAN 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: 20240163176Abstract: A method for identifying devices on a network, comprising: determining, by a discovery application, a prioritized discovery plan including a plurality of tiers of requests, each of the tiers specifying one or more probes for targeting specific types of devices. For each of the tiers in the prioritized discovery plan: the method further comprises causing, by the discovery application, one or more of the probes specified for the tier to transmit targeted requests to a set of active addresses on the network. Upon receiving responses from at least a subset of the one or more addresses, the method comprises identifying, by the discovery application, one or more devices connected to the network based on the responses to the targeted requests. The method further comprises removing, by the discovery application, addresses corresponding to the identified one or more devices from the set of active addresses on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Christopher Jay ROULAND, Justin Trent ALTMAN, Earle W. ADY, Jeremy Lindsey GOULD, Joseph Willard COSTANTINI
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Publication number: 20240126539Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Patent number: 11941390Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PHOSPHORUS CYBERSECURITY INC.Inventors: Christopher J. Rouland, Earle W. Ady, Trent Altman
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Patent number: 11886866Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: PHOSPHORUS CYBERSECURITY INC.Inventors: Christopher J. Rouland, Earle W. Ady, Trent Altman
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Patent number: 11757724Abstract: A method for identifying devices on a network, comprising: determining, by a discovery application, a prioritized discovery plan including a plurality of tiers of requests, each of the tiers specifying one or more probes for targeting specific types of devices. For each of the tiers in the prioritized discovery plan: the method further comprises causing, by the discovery application, one or more of the probes specified for the tier to transmit targeted requests to a set of active addresses on the network. Upon receiving responses from at least a subset of the one or more addresses, the method comprises identifying, by the discovery application, one or more devices connected to the network based on the responses to the targeted requests. The method further comprises removing, by the discovery application, addresses corresponding to the identified one or more devices from the set of active addresses on the network.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc.Inventors: Christopher Jay Rouland, Justin Trent Altman, Earle W. Ady, Jeremy Lindsey Gould, Joseph Willard Costantini
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Publication number: 20230236824Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Publication number: 20230236825Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Patent number: 11520577Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Rouland, Earle W. Ady, Trent Altman
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Patent number: 11500624Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Rouland, Earle W. Ady, Trent Altman
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Patent number: 11301240Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Rouland, Earle W. Ady, Trent Altman
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Patent number: 11269619Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: PHOSPHORUS CYBERSECURITY INC.Inventors: Christopher J. Rouland, Earle W. Ady, Trent Altman
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Publication number: 20200409687Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Publication number: 20200409690Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Publication number: 20200409689Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Publication number: 20200409688Abstract: A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. ROULAND, Earle W. ADY, Trent ALTMAN
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Patent number: 9551781Abstract: Systems and methods can support determining a physical position of a radio transmitter. A physical model for electromagnetic signal propagation within the electromagnetic environment may be established. Radio frequency signal power levels associated with the radio transmitter may be received from one or more radio frequency sensors. Parameters associated with the physical model may be estimated for one or more test locations within the electromagnetic environment. An error metric between the received radio frequency signal power levels and the physical model may be computed for the one or more test locations. Bounds on the parameters associated with the physical model may be established to prune away physically impossible solutions. The parameters associated with the physical model may be optimized across the one or more test locations to establish a preferred location estimate for the radio transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Bastille Networks, Inc.Inventors: Robert John Baxley, Justin Trent Altman
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Publication number: 20160127931Abstract: Systems and methods can support determining a physical position of a radio transmitter. A physical model for electromagnetic signal propagation within the electromagnetic environment may be established. Radio frequency signal power levels associated with the radio transmitter may be received from one or more radio frequency sensors. Parameters associated with the physical model may be estimated for one or more test locations within the electromagnetic environment. An error metric between the received radio frequency signal power levels and the physical model may be computed for the one or more test locations. Bounds on the parameters associated with the physical model may be established to prune away physically impossible solutions. The parameters associated with the physical model may be optimized across the one or more test locations to establish a preferred location estimate for the radio transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: BASTILLE NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Robert John Baxley, Justin Trent Altman
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Publication number: 20150244598Abstract: A remote sensing system comprising localized sensors and monitoring by one or more servers is described. The sensors capture data from computers and the network, provide that information to the one or more servers, and the one or more servers identify trends and anomalies in the information collected. The one or more servers provide information regarding the trends and anomalies to the computers. Optionally, the one or more servers can push changes to the sensors, such as updates to software code.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Endgame Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nils D. Puhlmann, John Herren, Earle W. Ady, Michael Kelly Whalen, Justin Trent Altman, David M. Nichols, Robert Geoffrey Meyers, Anderson Osagie, Sudhanshu Sethi