Patents by Inventor David Sheldon Stephenson
David Sheldon Stephenson 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: 11539454Abstract: During operation, an electronic device may emulate client functionality associated with a virtual client in a wireless network, where emulating the client functionality includes generating a first frame that is compatible with a wireless communication protocol and is associated with fictious wireless communication with the virtual client. Then, the electronic device may provide, to a computer, a second frame that includes at least a portion of the first frame, where the second frame is compatible with a wired communication protocol. Next, the electronic device may receive, from the computer, a response message based at least in part on the first frame, where the response message includes information associated with a service provided by the computer. Moreover, the electronic device may assess the service based at least in part on the information and may selectively perform the remedial action based at least in part on the assessment.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Ilango Purushothaman, Wenge Ren, David Sheldon Stephenson, Doron Givoni, Sandip C. Patel
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Publication number: 20220240176Abstract: Systems and methods for instituting redistribution of wireless clients to improve service, comprising via access point (AP), multiple APs acting in concert, and/or a central entity, in connection with a network, allowing a client to associate; deciding that an associated client should be redistributed based on a connection metric, wherein the decision is based on at least one of, a probability calculation, network metric and a threshold comparison; and via the AP, sending the associated client a trigger, wherein the trigger is at least one of, a redistribution request and a disconnect message.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Pratibha Gupta, Peter George Khoury, William S. Kish, Allen Ka Lun Miu, Victor Shtrom, David Sheldon Stephenson, Huayan Wang
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Publication number: 20220210721Abstract: A communication technique for establishing communication among an access point, an electronic device, and a radio node in a cellular-telephone network is described. In this communication technique, the electronic device is pre-provisioned by the radio node with an identifier of the cellular-telephone network. Moreover, the access point may advertise support for one or more LWA protocols in beacons. In response to a query from the electronic device, the access point may provide identifiers of the one or more cellular-telephone networks supported by the access point. If one of these identifiers matches the identifier, the electronic device may associate with the access point. Then, the access point may receive LWA traffic from the radio node and may forward the LWA traffic to the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Steve A. Martin, David A. Wright, David Sheldon Stephenson
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Patent number: 11356403Abstract: A communication technique for providing a mobile gateway in a radio node (such as an eNodeB) in a local wireless network that is associated with a venue is described. During the communication technique, the radio node may provide, via the mobile gateway, cellular-telephone-network services. In particular, the mobile gateway may implement functions including: providing, when an electronic device attaches to the local wireless network, an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the electronic device based on a media access control (MAC) address for the electronic device, which is, in part, provided by a mobile management entity (MME) in a cellular-telephone network; triggering, via a supported interface, paging to the electronic device when the electronic device is in idle in the local wireless network; transmitting uplink data and receiving downlink data via a cellular-telephone communication protocol (such as Long Term Evolution or LTE); and/or electronic-device mobility in the local wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Shailender Potharaju
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Patent number: 11330515Abstract: Systems and methods for instituting redistribution of wireless clients to improve service, comprising via access point (AP), multiple APs acting in concert, and/or a central entity, in connection with a network, allowing a client to associate; deciding that an associated client should be redistributed based on a connection metric, wherein the decision is based on at least one of, a probability calculation, network metric and a threshold comparison; and via the AP, sending the associated client a trigger, wherein the trigger is at least one of, a redistribution request and a disconnect message.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Pratibha Gupta, Peter George Khoury, William S. Kish, Allen Ka Lun Miu, Victor Shtrom, David Sheldon Stephenson, Huayan Wang
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Patent number: 11297560Abstract: A communication technique for establishing communication among an access point, an electronic device, and a radio node in a cellular-telephone network is described. In this communication technique, the electronic device is pre-provisioned by the radio node with an identifier of the cellular-telephone network. Moreover, the access point may advertise support for one or more LWA protocols in beacons. In response to a query from the electronic device, the access point may provide identifiers of the one or more cellular-telephone networks supported by the access point. If one of these identifiers matches the identifier, the electronic device may associate with the access point. Then, the access point may receive LWA traffic from the radio node and may forward the LWA traffic to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Steve A. Martin, David A. Wright, David Sheldon Stephenson
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Patent number: 11271671Abstract: A technique for testing wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) infrastructure is described. In particular, a radio-frequency abstraction layer (RFAL) in a physical instance of an electronic device is used to simulate the physical layer communication hardware and radio channels. RFAL allows frames in initial packets that are compatible with a WLAN communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.11 standard) to be encapsulated in the data-link layer into additional packets that are compatible with a network communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.3 standard). These additional packets can include information that characterizes transmission of the packet through a simulated radio-frequency environment so that the software stack associated with a physical or virtual instance of an electronic device can be exercised as if the packet had been received over a wireless connection. Then, the additional packets can be communicated via Ethernet (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Doron Givoni, Sandip C. Patel
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Patent number: 11272361Abstract: A technique for establishing connectivity between electronic devices is described. In particular, when an electronic device is first connected to a network, the electronic device may use a predefined location of a registrar device to request location information for a controller for the electronic device. The electronic device may provide a manufacturer certificate to the registrar device to confirm its identity. After receiving from the registrar device the location information and a registrar certificate that confirms its identity, the electronic device may use the location information to request the security information from a controller that allows the electronic device to establish connectivity with another electronic device. The electronic device may receive the security from the controller along with a controller certificate that confirms the identity of the controller. Moreover, the electronic device may establish a connection with the other electronic device based on the security information.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventor: David Sheldon Stephenson
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Patent number: 11102163Abstract: A communication technique for providing a mobile gateway in a radio node (such as an eNodeB) in a local wireless network that is associated with a venue is described. During the communication technique, the radio node may provide, via the mobile gateway, cellular-telephone-network services. In particular, the mobile gateway may implement functions including: providing, when an electronic device attaches to the local wireless network, an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the electronic device based on a media access control (MAC) address for the electronic device, which is, in part, provided by a mobile management entity (MME) in a cellular-telephone network; triggering, via a supported interface, paging to the electronic device when the electronic device is in idle in the local wireless network; transmitting uplink data and receiving downlink data via a cellular-telephone communication protocol (such as Long Term Evolution or LTE); and/or electronic-device mobility in the local wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Shailender Potharaju
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Publication number: 20210075618Abstract: An electronic device that selectively approves secure access of a second electronic device to a network is described. This electronic device receives an access request associated with a computer, where the access request includes passphrase parameters associated with a user, and the passphrase parameters include inputs to and an output of a cryptographic calculation. In response, the electronic device calculates one or more second outputs of the cryptographic calculation based at least in part on the inputs and one or more stored passphrases. Moreover, when there is a match between one of the one or more second outputs and the output, the electronic device accesses a policy associated with the user. Then, when one or more criteria associated with the policy are met, the electronic device selectively provides an access acceptance message to the computer, which includes information for establishing the secure access of the second electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Ron Sidi, Ming Jye Sheu
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Publication number: 20210075760Abstract: A communication technique for providing a mobile gateway in a radio node (such as an eNodeB) in a local wireless network that is associated with a venue is described. During the communication technique, the radio node may provide, via the mobile gateway, cellular-telephone-network services. In particular, the mobile gateway may implement functions including: providing, when an electronic device attaches to the local wireless network, an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the electronic device based on a media access control (MAC) address for the electronic device, which is, in part, provided by a mobile management entity (MME) in a cellular-telephone network; triggering, via a supported interface, paging to the electronic device when the electronic device is in idle in the local wireless network; transmitting uplink data and receiving downlink data via a cellular-telephone communication protocol (such as Long Term Evolution or LTE); and/or electronic-device mobility in the local wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Shailender Potharaju
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Publication number: 20210013992Abstract: During operation, an electronic device may emulate client functionality associated with a virtual client in a wireless network, where emulating the client functionality includes generating a first frame that is compatible with a wireless communication protocol and is associated with fictious wireless communication with the virtual client. Then, the electronic device may provide, to a computer, a second frame that includes at least a portion of the first frame, where the second frame is compatible with a wired communication protocol. Next, the electronic device may receive, from the computer, a response message based at least in part on the first frame, where the response message includes information associated with a service provided by the computer. Moreover, the electronic device may assess the service based at least in part on the information and may selectively perform the remedial action based at least in part on the assessment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Albert Chuang, Ilango Purushothaman, Tsung-Kai Chen, Wenge Ren, David Sheldon Stephenson, Doron Givoni, Sandip C. Patel
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Publication number: 20200404582Abstract: A communication technique for establishing communication among an access point, an electronic device, and a radio node in a cellular-telephone network is described. In this communication technique, the electronic device is pre-provisioned by the radio node with an identifier of the cellular-telephone network. Moreover, the access point may advertise support for one or more LWA protocols in beacons. In response to a query from the electronic device, the access point may provide identifiers of the one or more cellular-telephone networks supported by the access point. If one of these identifiers matches the identifier, the electronic device may associate with the access point. Then, the access point may receive LWA traffic from the radio node and may forward the LWA traffic to the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Steve A. Martin, David A. Wright, David Sheldon Stephenson
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Patent number: 10805867Abstract: A communication technique for establishing communication among an access point, an electronic device, and a radio node in a cellular-telephone network is described. In this communication technique, the electronic device is pre-provisioned by the radio node with an identifier of the cellular-telephone network. Moreover, the access point may advertise support for one or more LWA protocols in beacons. In response to a query from the electronic device, the access point may provide identifiers of the one or more cellular-telephone networks supported by the access point. If one of these identifiers matches the identifier, the electronic device may associate with the access point. Then, the access point may receive LWA traffic from the radio node and may forward the LWA traffic to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Steve A. Martin, David A. Wright, David Sheldon Stephenson
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Publication number: 20200162188Abstract: A technique for testing wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) infrastructure is described. In particular, a radio-frequency abstraction layer (RFAL) in a physical instance of an electronic device is used to simulate the physical layer communication hardware and radio channels. RFAL allows frames in initial packets that are compatible with a WLAN communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.11 standard) to be encapsulated in the data-link layer into additional packets that are compatible with a network communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.3 standard). These additional packets can include information that characterizes transmission of the packet through a simulated radio-frequency environment so that the software stack associated with a physical or virtual instance of an electronic device can be exercised as if the packet had been received over a wireless connection. Then, the additional packets can be communicated via Ethernet (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Doron Givoni, Sandip C. Patel
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Patent number: 10574386Abstract: A technique for testing wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) infrastructure is described. In particular, a radio-frequency abstraction layer (RFAL) in a physical instance of an electronic device is used to simulate the physical layer communication hardware and radio channels. RFAL allows frames in initial packets that are compatible with a WLAN communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.11 standard) to be encapsulated in the data-link layer into additional packets that are compatible with a network communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.3 standard). These additional packets can include information that characterizes transmission of the packet through a simulated radio-frequency environment so that the software stack associated with a physical or virtual instance of an electronic device can be exercised as if the packet had been received over a wireless connection. Then, the additional packets can be communicated via Ethernet (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Doron Givoni, Sandip C. Patel
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Publication number: 20190394722Abstract: Systems and methods for instituting redistribution of wireless clients to improve service, comprising via access point (AP), multiple APs acting in concert, and/or a central entity, in connection with a network, allowing a client to associate; deciding that an associated client should be redistributed based on a connection metric, wherein the decision is based on at least one of, a probability calculation, network metric and a threshold comparison; and via the AP, sending the associated client a trigger, wherein the trigger is at least one of, a redistribution request and a disconnect message.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Pratibha Gupta, Peter George Khoury, William S. Kish, Allen Ka Lun Miu, Victor Shtrom, David Sheldon Stephenson, Huayan Wang
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Patent number: 10448321Abstract: Systems and methods for instituting redistribution of wireless clients to improve service, comprising via access point (AP), multiple APs acting in concert, and/or a central entity, in connection with a network, allowing a client to associate; deciding that an associated client should be redistributed based on a connection metric, wherein the decision is based on at least one of, a probability calculation, network metric and a threshold comparison; and via the AP, sending the associated client a trigger, wherein the trigger is at least one of, a redistribution request and a disconnect message.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Pratibha Gupta, Peter George Khoury, William S. Kish, Allen Ka Lun Miu, Victor Shtrom, David Sheldon Stephenson, Huayan Wang
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Patent number: 10389581Abstract: In order to configure an access point, the access point requests information specifying an associated cloud-based controller when the access point is first turned on at a user location. In particular, the access point may provide, to a configuration device, a controller query requesting information specifying a unique network address of a cloud-based controller associated with the access point. This controller query may include an identifier of the access point (such as a serial number). Then, the access point receives, from the configuration device, the information specifying the unique network address of the cloud-based controller, such as a fully qualified domain name of the cloud-based controller. Note that the cloud-based controller may be one of multiple cloud-based controllers from different providers, and the access point may be associated with the cloud-based controller based on the received information specifying unique network address.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, William S. Kish
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Publication number: 20190058543Abstract: A technique for testing wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) infrastructure is described. In particular, a radio-frequency abstraction layer (RFAL) in a physical instance of an electronic device is used to simulate the physical layer communication hardware and radio channels. RFAL allows frames in initial packets that are compatible with a WLAN communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.11 standard) to be encapsulated in the data-link layer into additional packets that are compatible with a network communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.3 standard). These additional packets can include information that characterizes transmission of the packet through a simulated radio-frequency environment so that the software stack associated with a physical or virtual instance of an electronic device can be exercised as if the packet had been received over a wireless connection. Then, the additional packets can be communicated via Ethernet (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: Rukus Wireless, Inc.Inventors: David Sheldon Stephenson, Doron Giovani, Sandip C. Patel