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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Department 13, Llc, Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

Steve J Shattil, Cheyenne, WY (US);

Robi Sen, McLean, VA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04K 1/00 (2013.01); H04K 3/825 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); H04K 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a computer network that has a plurality of nodes, a measure of trustworthiness for a particular node can be updated by other nodes that monitor the particular node's behavior. This includes collecting trustworthiness reports from the other nodes; updating the particular node's trustworthiness level based on the reports; and causing the particular node to route data in the computer network based on its trustworthiness level. The particular node's role in performing at least one of a set of functions is based on a hierarchy of trustworthiness levels, wherein the functions can include monitoring other nodes; sending alerts when anomalous behavior is detected; transmitting a free-antibody software program to a requesting node; updating defensive programs; participating in consensus-based threat analysis with other nodes; identifying threats; tagging suspicious nodes; and performing countermeasures against identified threats.


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