Patents by Inventor Patrick Joseph Foy

Patrick Joseph Foy 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 apparatus for network access control
    Patent number: 8763075
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for network access control includes an apparatus for granting a computing device access to a network, the apparatus having a plurality of substantially similar access devices, wherein each access device comprises a status-determination module to determine an access status based at least in part on whether the computing device is compliant with an access policy, an access-grant module configured for receiving an access status corresponding to the computing device from one or more of the access devices, and granting the computing device access to the network according to at least one of the access status determined by the status-determination module or the received access status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Guevin, Sohil Babubhai Thakkar, Duane Charles Compton, Patrick Joseph Foy
  • Method And Apparatus For Network Access Control
    Publication number: 20120233657
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for network access control includes an apparatus for granting a computing device access to a network, the apparatus having a plurality of substantially similar access devices, wherein each access device comprises a status-determination module to determine an access status based at least in part on whether the computing device is compliant with an access policy, an access-grant module configured for receiving an access status corresponding to the computing device from one or more of the access devices, and granting the computing device access to the network according to at least one of the access status determined by the status-determination module or the received access status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: ADTRAN, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas F. Guevin, Sohil Babubhai Thakkar, Duane Charles Compton, Patrick Joseph Foy