Patents by Inventor Mark Bernier

Mark Bernier 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing security to a computerized device
    Patent number: 8122136
    Abstract: When establishing a communications channel to a wireless network, through a wireless connection, a computerized device receives an Internet protocol (IP) address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server associated with the wireless network. The computerized device is configured with a table or list of IP addresses associated with wireless networks requiring a VPN or secure connection. The computerized device compares the IP address received from the DHCP server with the IP address entries of the table stored by the computerized device. If the computerized device detects a correspondence between the IP address received from the DHCP server and an IP address entry within the table, the computerized device automatically initiates a secure or VPN connection with the wireless network associated with the DHCP server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Bernier, Dany J. Rochefort, Victor Volpe, Christopher R. Bolinger, Nizar Nassar, Marc Tardif
  • Methods and apparatus for providing security to a computerized device
    Publication number: 20040120260
    Abstract: When establishing a communications channel to a wireless network, through a wireless connection, a computerized device receives an Internet protocol (IP) address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server associated with the wireless network. The computerized device is configured with a table or list of IP addresses associated with wireless networks requiring a VPN or secure connection. The computerized device compares the IP address received from the DHCP server with the IP address entries of the table stored by the computerized device. If the computerized device detects a correspondence between the IP address received from the DHCP server and an IP address entry within the table, the computerized device automatically initiates a secure or VPN connection with the wireless network associated with the DHCP server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Bernier, Dany J. Rochefort, Victor Volpe, Christopher R. Bolinger, Nizar Nassar, Marc Tardif