Web Hosting Patent for GraphOn
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Application publishing and Web-enabling software solution provider GraphOn (graphon.com) announced on Tuesday that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company US Patent Nos. 7,028,034 and 7,028,336.
The '034 patent is titled "A Web Server for Providing a Dynamically-Updating Pay-for-Service Web Site," and the '336 patent is titled "Firewall Providing Enhanced Network Security and User Transparency." GraphOn says the patents protect its intellectual property in the areas of firewall devices and dynamic Web servers.
"These new patents represent significant additions to our intellectual property portfolio," says Robert Dilworth, GraphOn's CEO. "The total number of patents now owned by GraphOn is 14, a number that we expect to increase significantly in the future. Continued strengthening and broadening of our patent portfolio represents a strategically important activity, the result of which will be to maximize the value of the portfolio to GraphOn."
The '336 patent provides for a firewall for implementing authentication policies in the process of protecting a virtual private network. The '034 patent provides for a Web server for hosting a home page for a fee, and allowing a user to dynamically update the home page.
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