Patents by Inventor Andrew L. Bates
Andrew L. Bates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9391969Abstract: A system includes a remote authentication dial in user service (RADIUS) server in communication with a network access server. The network access server provides an authentication request to the RADIUS server. The authentication request includes at least a user identifier and a device identifier. The RADIUS server determines an authentication format utilized by the network access server based on the received authentication request. The system may also determine an authorization level to provide with an authentication response.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hughes, Andrew L. Bates, Jared M. Allison
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Patent number: 9197666Abstract: An approach for mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks includes assigning a set of temporary network addresses to a hostname for a finite period and assigning one or more other sets of temporary network addresses to the hostname in one or more following finite periods, responding to a hostname lookup request based on the set of temporary network addresses, the one or more other sets of temporary network addresses, or a combination thereof that are active, responding to a network address lookup request based on at least one of the set of temporary network addresses and the one or more other sets of temporary network addresses that is associated with a current one of the finite period or the one or more following finite periods, and retiring the set of temporary network addresses, the one or more sets of temporary network addresses, or a combination thereof after a configurable number of finite periods, wherein no further network address or hostname lookup request is served based on the retiredType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mark D Carney, Jeffrey A Jackson, Andrew L Bates, Dante J Pacella
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Publication number: 20150058976Abstract: An approach for mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks includes assigning a set of temporary network addresses to a hostname for a finite period and assigning one or more other sets of temporary network addresses to the hostname in one or more following finite periods, responding to a hostname lookup request based on the set of temporary network addresses, the one or more other sets of temporary network addresses, or a combination thereof that are active, responding to a network address lookup request based on at least one of the set of temporary network addresses and the one or more other sets of temporary network addresses that is associated with a current one of the finite period or the one or more following finite periods, and retiring the set of temporary network addresses, the one or more sets of temporary network addresses, or a combination thereof after a configurable number of finite periods, wherein no further network address or hostname lookup request is served based on the retiredType: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mark D. CARNEY, Jeffrey A. JACKSON, Andrew L. BATES, Dante J. PACELLA
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Patent number: 8966584Abstract: A dynamic authentication broker is configured to process authentication requests received from a network access server formatted in any of a plurality of protocols and received over any of a plurality of ports. Processing authentication requests may include authenticating and/or authorizing a particular user, user device and/or network access server.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hughes, Andrew L. Bates, Thomas C. Adams, Brent W. Maier
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Publication number: 20140130130Abstract: A system includes a remote authentication dial in user service (RADIUS) server in communication with a network access server. The network access server provides an authentication request to the RADIUS server. The authentication request includes at least a user identifier and a device identifier. The RADIUS server determines an authentication format utilized by the network access server based on the received authentication request. The system may also determine an authorization level to provide with an authentication response.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Verizon Business Network Services, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hughes, Andrew L. Bates, Jared M. Allison
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Patent number: 8627410Abstract: A system includes a remote authentication dial in user service (RADIUS) server in communication with a network access server. The network access server provides an authentication request to the RADIUS server. The authentication request includes at least a user identifier and a device identifier. The RADIUS server determines an authentication format utilized by the network access server based on the received authentication request. The system may also determine an authorization level to provide with an authentication response.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hughes, Andrew L. Bates, Jared M. Allison
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Publication number: 20090165096Abstract: A system includes a remote authentication dial in user service (RADIUS) server in communication with a network access server. The network access server provides an authentication request to the RADIUS server. The authentication request includes at least a user identifier and a device identifier. The RADIUS server determines an authentication format utilized by the network access server based on the received authentication request. The system may also determine an authorization level to provide with an authentication response.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Verizon Business Network Services Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hughes, Andrew L. Bates, Jared M. Allison
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Publication number: 20090158392Abstract: A dynamic authentication broker is configured to process authentication requests received from a network access server formatted in any of a plurality of protocols and received over any of a plurality of ports. Processing authentication requests may include authenticating and/or authorizing a particular user, user device and/or network access server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Verizon Business Network Services Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hughes, Andrew L. Bates, Thomas C. Adams, Brent W. Maier