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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Marc Willebeek-lemair, Austin, TX (US);
Craig Cantrell, Austin, TX (US);
Dennis Cox, Austin, TX (US);
John Mchale, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Smith, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Austin, TX (US);
Craig Cantrell, Austin, TX (US);
Dennis Cox, Austin, TX (US);
John McHale, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Smith, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network discovery functionality, intrusion detector functionality and firewalling functionality are integrated together to form a network security system presenting a self-deploying and self-hardening security defense for a network.