Patents by Inventor William B. Bowman

William B. Bowman 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).

  • Patent number: 5627886
    Abstract: A computerized system and method for detecting fraudulent network usage patterns using real-time network monitoring of at least two disparate networks is shown which receives at least one event record from each of the disparate networks, analyzes each of the received event records to determine its type based on user-defined parameters, identifies predetermined fields in the analyzed event record to be used as keys, measures network usage associated with the key, summarizes usage statistics against at least of the keys, compares statistic totals to predefined thresholds, and responds with an alarm or the like when the thresholds are met or exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Bowman