Patents by Inventor John Robert Vollbrecht

John Robert Vollbrecht 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).

  • Method and system for verifying and updating the configuration of an access device during authentication
    Patent number: 7958352
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: iPass Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Steven Edgett, Barbara Nelson, John Robert Vollbrecht, Roy David Albert, James Marion Underwood, Blair Thomas Bullock
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING AND UPDATING THE CONFIGURATION OF AN ACCESS DEVICE DURING AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20090150525
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Jeff Steven Edgett, Barbara Nelson, John Robert Vollbrecht, Roy David Albert, James Marion Underwood, Blair Thomas Bullock
  • Method and system for verifying and updating the configuration of an access device during authentication
    Patent number: 7539862
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: iPass Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Steven Edgett, Barbara Nelson, John Robert Vollbrecht, Roy David Albert, James Marion Underwood, Blair Thomas Bullock