Martin A Quiroga

US Patent:

7447683, Nov 4, 2008

Filed:

Apr 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/117186

Inventors:

Martin A. Quiroga - Kansas City MO, US
John A. DeSanto - Kansas City MO, US
John S. Flowers - Mission KS, US

Assignee:

Jiles, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707 1, 707 2, 707 4, 707 5

Abstract:

There is provided a search engine or other electronic search application that receives an inputted query in natural language. The search engine then analyzes the query in accordance with the syntactic relationships of the natural language in which it was presented, weights the syntactic relationships, and generates a result to the query as output, corresponding to the syntactic relationship of the greatest weight. The outputted result is typically an answer, in the form of a sentence or a phrase, along with the document from which the sentence or phrase is taken, including a hypertext link for the document.

US Patent:

7555475, Jun 30, 2009

Filed:

Sep 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/223169

Inventors:

Martin A. Quiroga - Kansas City MO, US
Gordon H. Fischer - Kansas City MO, US
John S. Flowers - Mission KS, US

Assignee:

Jiles, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707100, 715200, 704 9

Abstract:

There is provided a sentence module that handles pronouns in sentences. Each pronoun is replaced by one or more nouns. These replaced nouns are used to form statements that populate the structured representation, in order to produce precise answers to queries, as part of a search engine application.

US Patent:

7594273, Sep 22, 2009

Filed:

Feb 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/676051

Inventors:

Timothy D. Keanini - Novato CA, US
Martin A. Quiroga - San Francisco CA, US
Brian W. Buchanan - San Leandro CA, US
John S. Flowers - Mission KS, US

Assignee:

nCircle Network Security, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/18
G08B 23/00
G06F 15/16
H04L 29/06
H04L 9/32
G06F 11/30
G06F 15/173
G06F 11/00

US Classification:

726 25, 726 3, 726 23, 713151, 713153, 713166, 713177, 713188, 709224, 714 4, 714 47, 714 48

Abstract:

A system and method for providing distributed security of a network. Several device profilers are placed at different locations of a network to assess vulnerabilities from different perspectives. The device profiler identifies the hosts on the network, and characteristics such as operating system and applications running on the hosts. The device profiler traverses a vulnerability tree having nodes representative of characteristics of the hosts, each node having an associated set of potential vulnerabilities. Verification rules can verify the potential vulnerabilities. A centralized correlation server, at a centrally accessible location in the network, stores the determined vulnerabilities of the network and associates the determined vulnerabilities with attack signatures. Traffic monitors access the attack signatures and monitor network traffic for attacks against the determined vulnerabilities.

US Patent:

8020211, Sep 13, 2011

Filed:

Sep 1, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/552264

Inventors:

Timothy D. Keanini - Novato CA, US
Martin A. Quiroga - San Francisco CA, US
Brian W. Buchanan - San Leandro CA, US
John S. Flowers - Mission KS, US

Assignee:

nCircle Network Security, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G08B 23/00
G06F 15/16
G06F 12/14
G06F 11/30
G06F 15/173
G06F 11/00
H04L 29/06
H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726 25, 726 3, 726 23, 713151, 713153, 713166, 713177, 713188, 709224, 714 41, 714 471, 714 48

Abstract:

A system and method for providing distributed security of a network. Several device profilers are placed at different locations of a network to assess vulnerabilities from different perspectives. The device profiler identifies the hosts on the network, and characteristics such as operating system and applications running on the hosts. The device profiler traverses a vulnerability tree having nodes representative of characteristics of the hosts, each node having an associated set of potential vulnerabilities. Verification rules can verify the potential vulnerabilities. A centralized correlation server, at a centrally accessible location in the network, stores the determined vulnerabilities of the network and associates the determined vulnerabilities with attack signatures. Traffic monitors access the attack signatures and monitor network traffic for attacks against the determined vulnerabilities.

US Patent:

8176544, May 8, 2012

Filed:

Feb 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/020775

Inventors:

Timothy D. Keanini - Austin TX, US
Martin A. Quiroga - San Francisco CA, US
Brian W. Buchanan - San Leandro CA, US
John S. Flowers - Mission KS, US

Assignee:

nCircle Network Security, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 7/04
G06F 12/14
G06F 11/30
G06F 15/173
H04L 29/06
H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726 11, 726 3, 726 23, 726 25, 713151, 713153, 713166, 713177, 713188, 709224

Abstract:

A system and method for providing distributed security of a network. Several device profilers are placed at different locations of a network to assess vulnerabilities from different perspectives. The device profiler identifies the hosts on the network, and characteristics such as operating system and applications running on the hosts. The device profiler traverses a vulnerability tree having nodes representative of characteristics of the hosts, each node having an associated set of potential vulnerabilities. Verification rules can verify the potential vulnerabilities. A centralized correlation server, at a centrally accessible location in the network, stores the determined vulnerabilities of the network and associates the determined vulnerabilities with attack signatures. Traffic monitors access the attack signatures and monitor network traffic for attacks against the determined vulnerabilities.

US Patent:

20060224566, Oct 5, 2006

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/096118

Inventors:

John Flowers - Mission KS, US
Martin Quiroga - Kansas City MO, US
Gordon Fischer - Kansas City MO, US
John DeSanto - Kansas City MO, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

There is provided a search engine or other electronic search application that receives an inputted query in natural language. The search engine then analyzes the query in accordance with the syntactic relationships of the natural language in which it was presented, and generates a result to the query as output. The outputted result is typically an answer, in the form of a sentence or a phrase, along with the document from which the sentence or phrase is taken, including a hypertext link for the document.

US Patent:

20070078814, Apr 5, 2007

Filed:

Oct 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/243386

Inventors:

John Flowers - Mission KS, US
Michael Farmer - Kansas City MO, US
Martin Quiroga - Kansas City MO, US
Gordon Fischer - Kansas City MO, US
John DeSanto - Kansas City MO, US

Assignee:

Kozoru, Inc. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707002000

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for the recognition of subtle differences in meaning. The capability of discerning subtle differences in meaning that are beyond the search systems and methods presently available, the invention described herein is capable of repeatedly providing accurate and meaningful responses to a diverse set of queries.

US Patent:

20070185859, Aug 9, 2007

Filed:

Oct 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/548942

Inventors:

John Flowers - Overland Park KS, US
Michael Farmer - Kansas City MO, US
Martin Quiroga - Austin TX, US
Gordon Fischer - Kansas City MO, US
John DeSanto - Kansas City MO, US

Assignee:

Kozoru, Inc. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707005000

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for the recognition of subtle differences in meaning. The capability of discerning subtle differences in meaning that are beyond the search systems and methods presently available, the invention described herein is capable of repeatedly providing accurate and meaningful responses to a diverse set of queries.