Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Brian Weis

86Patents
13h-index
83Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 27, 2002 → Feb 10, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7676679B2 Method for self-synchronizing time between communicating networked systems using timestamps Electricity 224 Active
US7234063B1 Method and apparatus for generating pairwise cryptographic transforms based on group keys Electricity 150 Expired
US7421578B1 Method and apparatus for electing a leader node in a computer network Electricity 115 Expired
US10637889B2 Systems, methods, and devices for smart mapping and VPN policy enforcement Electricity 104 Active
US7234058B1 Method and apparatus for generating pairwise cryptographic transforms based on group keys Electricity 69 Expired
US7509491B1 System and method for dynamic secured group communication Electricity 64 Active
US7613826B2 Methods and apparatus for providing multiple policies for a virtual private network Electricity 60 Active
US8356177B2 Key transport in authentication or cryptography Electricity 41 Active
US9027114B2 Changing group member reachability information Electricity 35 Active
US9294270B2 Detection of stale encryption policy by group members Electricity 20 Active
US7724732B2 Secure multipoint internet protocol virtual private networks Electricity 18 Active
US8548171B2 Pair-wise keying for tunneled virtual private networks Electricity 14 Active
US8886934B2 Authorizing physical access-links for secure network connections Electricity 13 Active
US10454887B2 Allocation of local MAC addresses to client devices Electricity 13 Active
US7392382B1 Method and apparatus for verifying data timeliness with time-based derived cryptographic keys Electricity 12 Expired
US8713669B2 Multi-domain dynamic group virtual private networks Electricity 12 Active
US7602737B2 Methods and apparatus for providing an enhanced dynamic multipoint virtual private network architecture Electricity 12 Active
US10785809B1 Coordinating zero touch network joins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8515079B1 Hybrid rekey distribution in a virtual private network environment Electricity 11 Active
US8341250B2 Networking device provisioning Electricity 11 Active
US10298581B2 Zero-touch IoT device provisioning Electricity 9 Active
US7827262B2 Approach for managing state information by a group of servers that services a group of clients Electricity 8 Active
US8204228B2 Group key management re-registration method Electricity 7 Active
US8983066B2 Private pairwise key management for groups Electricity 7 Active
US8347376B2 Techniques for distributing a new communication key within a virtual private network Electricity 6 Active

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