Patents
US 12238120 B1: Embedded intrusion prevention system for industrial controllers
- Granted
- 2025-02-25
- Filed
- 2021-12-10 application 17548115
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An intrusion prevention system can be embedded in an industrial controller to detect possible attacks on the corresponding physical system of the industrial controller. The intrusion prevention system can analyze the payload of network packets received at the industrial controller and predict what harm the payload of the network packet could cause to the physical system if executed by the industrial controller. To predict how the payload of a network packet may affect the physical system, the intrusion prevention system can perform a simulation with the payload of the network packet. The simulation can incorporate a model of the physical system, a copy of the logic used by the industrial controller and information relating to the current state of the system. The result of the simulation can be new predicted states for the physical system that can be evaluated to determine if a safety violation has occurred.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250225.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville 88 patents | US company or organization | Huntsville, AL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron William Werth | New Market, AL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thomas Heath Morris | Huntsville, AL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L63/1416 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | WERTH, AARON W. signed 2024-05-21 MORRIS, THOMAS H. signed 2024-05-21 | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE HUNTSVILLE, AL | 67489/925 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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