{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10469530","patent":{"patent_number":"US-10469530","title":"Communications methods, systems and apparatus for protecting against denial of service attacks","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2018-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2019-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04L","H04L","H04L"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for mitigating denial of service attacks. One exemplary embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method of operating a communication system including the steps of receiving at a first device packets of a first packet flow; sending, from the first device, control information to a switch through which packets of the first packet flow pass or to a control device which controls the switch, the control information including a mask corresponding to a range of expected packet values to be used for determining which packets in the first packet flow should be dropped."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Communications methods, systems and apparatus for protecting against denial of service attacks","description":"The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for mitigating denial of service attacks. One exemplary embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method of operating a communica","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10469530","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10469530","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Communications methods, systems and apparatus for protecting against denial of service attacks\" (US-10469530). https://patentable.app/patents/US-10469530","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10469530","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-10469530","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T17:20:08.402Z"}