Barbara A Nelson

US Patent:

7539862, May 26, 2009

Filed:

Apr 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/821313

Inventors:

Jeff Steven Edgett - Sunnyvale CA, US
Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US
John Robert Vollbrecht - Dexter MI, US
Roy David Albert - San Jose CA, US
James Marion Underwood - Pleasanton CA, US
Blair Thomas Bullock - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

iPass Inc. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

H04L 9/00
G06F 11/30
G06F 7/04
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

713168, 713164, 713165, 713166, 713167, 726 2, 726 3, 726 4, 726 5, 726 6, 726 7, 726 27, 726 28, 726 29, 726 30, 709223, 709224, 709225, 709226, 709227

Abstract:

A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access device. The network access system further receives client device configuration data from the client access device over the communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange and processes the client device configuration data to determine if the client access device will be granted access to the network.

US Patent:

7958352, Jun 7, 2011

Filed:

Dec 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/345448

Inventors:

Jeff Steven Edgett - Sunnyvale CA, US
Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US
John Robert Vollbrecht - Dexter MI, US
Roy David Albert - San Jose CA, US
James Marion Underwood - Pleasanton CA, US
Blair Thomas Bullock - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

iPass Inc. - DE

International Classification:

H04L 9/00
G06F 11/30
G06F 7/04

US Classification:

713168, 713164, 713165, 713166, 713167, 726 2, 726 3, 726 4, 726 5, 726 6, 726 27, 726 28, 726 29, 726 30

Abstract:

A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access device. The network access system further receives client device configuration data from the client access device over the communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange and processes the client device configuration data to determine if the client access device will be granted access to the network.

US Patent:

20070073868, Mar 29, 2007

Filed:

Sep 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/239707

Inventors:

Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US
Roy Albert - San Jose CA, US
Blair Bullock - Pleasanton CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224000

Abstract:

In one embodiment the method includes detecting a network indicator associated with a network, the network provided by a network provider. In one embodiment, after the detecting of the network indicator, the method includes obtaining from the network provider an actual attribute associated with the network. The method may also include determining, based on stored network information, whether the actual attribute matches an expected attribute for the network. If the actual attribute matches the expected attribute, the method may classify the network into one of a plurality of network classes.

US Patent:

20190289466, Sep 19, 2019

Filed:

Jun 4, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/430712

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Cirrent, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

H04W 12/06
G06F 21/60
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a wireless device, from a cloud system, that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials, sensing, by the wireless device, a presence of one or more wireless networks, providing, by the wireless device, wireless network information of the sensed presence of the one or more wireless networks to the cloud system, providing, by the wireless device, to the cloud system, a request for private network credentials, wherein the cloud system, receives the private network credentials of the authenticated user, and receiving, by the wireless device, from the cloud system, distribution of the private network credentials, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.

US Patent:

20190132734, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Nov 3, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/179909

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US
Roshan Paiva - Foster City CA, US
Stark Pister - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Cirrent, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

H04W 12/06
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for binding an authenticated user with a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving local environment information from the wireless device, receiving local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, binding the wireless device with the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, and communicating information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the computing device has occurred.

US Patent:

20180184295, Jun 28, 2018

Filed:

Feb 26, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/905691

Inventors:

Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Cirrent, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

H04W 12/06
H04L 29/06
G06F 21/60

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a cloud system, a notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system, wherein the credential management system stores private network credentials of the authenticated user, and wherein the cloud system further receives an identifier of the wireless device with the notification, authenticating, by the cloud system, the wireless device, receiving, by the cloud system, a request from the wireless device for private network credentials, and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.

US Patent:

20160066183, Mar 3, 2016

Filed:

Nov 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/939203

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Cirrent, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

H04W 12/06
G06F 21/60

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system. The method further includes receiving the private network credentials of the authenticated user, storing the private network credentials and the identifier of the wireless device, receiving an authentication request from a router, returning a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes internet domains and connection bandwidths the wireless device is allowed to use, authenticating the wireless device, ensuring that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials; and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.

US Patent:

20160044113, Feb 11, 2016

Filed:

Oct 19, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/887160

Inventors:

- Redwood Shores CA, US
Barbara Nelson - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Some embodiments include a method for determining whether to establish a connection between a computer and a network. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving first network information from a network; determining a first trust level for the network by matching the network information to provisioning information, wherein the provisioning information indicates the first trust level and an authentication method of the network; verifying that network supports the authentication method, wherein the verifying includes exchanging information with the network; after verifying that the network supports the authentication method, establishing a connection to the network, wherein the connection provides access to an Internet.