Inventor · Bellevue, WA, US

Brian D. Swander

26Patents
9h-index
21Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 2000 → May 31, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7260840B2 Multi-layer based method for implementing network firewalls Electricity 118 Expired
US7409707B2 Method for managing network filter based policies Electricity 55 Expired
US6915437B2 System and method for improved network security Electricity 54 Expired
US7346770B2 Method and apparatus for traversing a translation device with a security protocol Electricity 41 Expired
US7509673B2 Multi-layered firewall architecture Electricity 36 Expired
US7386881B2 Method for mapping security associations to clients operating behind a network address translation device Electricity 26 Expired
US7308711B2 Method and framework for integrating a plurality of network policies Electricity 16 Expired
US8352741B2 Discovery of secure network enclaves Electricity 10 Active
US7389532B2 Method for indexing a plurality of policy filters Electricity 10 Active
US7574603B2 Method of negotiating security parameters and authenticating users interconnected to a network Electricity 9 Expired
US6904529B1 Method and system for protecting a security parameter negotiation server against denial-of-service attacks Electricity 8 Expired
US7761708B2 Method and framework for integrating a plurality of network policies Electricity 8 Active
US8060927B2 Security state aware firewall Electricity 7 Active
US7925693B2 NAT access control with IPSec Electricity 7 Active
US9742560B2 Key management in secure network enclaves Electricity 4 Active
US7500102B2 Method and apparatus for fragmenting and reassembling internet key exchange data packets Electricity 4 Expired
US7856655B2 System and method for improved network security Electricity 4 Expired
US8275989B2 Method of negotiating security parameters and authenticating users interconnected to a network Electricity 1 Active
US8289970B2 IPSec encapsulation mode Electricity 1 Active
US8091126B2 Failure recognition Electricity 1 Active
US7536719B2 Method and apparatus for preventing a denial of service attack during key negotiation Electricity 1 Expired
US8689315B2 Method for managing network filter based policies Electricity 1 Active
US12149442B1 Policy-based network transmission routing Electricity 0 Active
US8301895B2 Identity based network policy enablement Electricity 0 Active
US9628276B2 Discovery of secure network enclaves Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.