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Sourcefire, Inc.

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28Patents
24Active
28Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 8, 2004 → Apr 14, 2011 · 22 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7467205B1 Systems and methods for identifying the client applications of a network Electricity 143 Active
US7496662B1 Systems and methods for determining characteristics of a network and assessing confidence Electricity 99 Active
US7317693B1 Systems and methods for determining the network topology of a network Electricity 89 Active
US7701945B2 Device, system and method for analysis of segments in a transmission control protocol (TCP) session Electricity 73 Active
US7305708B2 Methods and systems for intrusion detection Electricity 52 Expired
US7716742B1 Systems and methods for determining characteristics of a network and analyzing vulnerabilities Electricity 48 Active
US7730175B1 Systems and methods for identifying the services of a network Electricity 39 Active
US7496962B2 Intrusion detection strategies for hypertext transport protocol Electricity 35 Expired
US7801980B1 Systems and methods for determining characteristics of a network Electricity 33 Active
US7313695B2 Systems and methods for dynamic threat assessment Physics 31 Expired
US8578002B1 Systems and methods for determining characteristics of a network and enforcing policy Electricity 28 Active
US7885190B1 Systems and methods for determining characteristics of a network based on flow analysis Electricity 28 Active
US7949732B1 Systems and methods for determining characteristics of a network and enforcing policy Electricity 25 Active
US7539681B2 Methods and systems for multi-pattern searching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US8046833B2 Intrusion event correlation with network discovery information Electricity 24 Active
US7733803B2 Systems and methods for modifying network map attributes Electricity 20 Active
US8127353B2 Real-time user awareness for a computer network Electricity 17 Active
US8474043B2 Speed and memory optimization of intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) rule processing Electricity 16 Active
US8272055B2 Target-based SMB and DCE/RPC processing for an intrusion detection system or intrusion prevention system Electricity 15 Active
US8289882B2 Systems and methods for modifying network map attributes Electricity 12 Active
US8433790B2 System and method for assigning network blocks to sensors Electricity 11 Active
US7996424B2 Methods and systems for multi-pattern searching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7756885B2 Methods and systems for multi-pattern searching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8069352B2 Device, system and method for timestamp analysis of segments in a transmission control protocol (TCP) session Electricity 9 Active
US8677486B2 System and method for near-real time network attack detection, and system and method for unified detection via detection routing Electricity 9 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.