Patents Assigned to Avenda Systems, Inc.
  • Method for provisioning policy on user devices in wired and wireless networks
    Patent number: 8051464
    Abstract: A method for provisioning client devices securely and automatically by means of a network provisioning system is disclosed. Provisioning occurs before the client is granted access to the network. The provisioning is determined dynamically at the time a client connects to the network and may depend on a multitude of factors specified by data dictionaries of the provisioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Avenda Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Santhosh Cheeniyil, Krishna Prabhakar
  • METHOD FOR PROVISIONING POLICY ON USER DEVICES IN WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20080168547
    Abstract: A method for provisioning client devices securely and automatically by means of a network provisioning system is disclosed. Provisioning occurs before the client is granted access to the network. The provisioning is determined dynamically at the time a client connects to the network and may depend on a multitude of factors specified by data dictionaries of the provisioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Avenda Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Santhosh Cheeniyil, Krishna Prabhakar
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY-BASED NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL WITH ARBITRARY NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL FRAMEWORKS
    Publication number: 20080163340
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for integrating various network access control frameworks under the control of a single policy decision point (PDP). The apparatus supports pluggable protocol terminators to interface to any number of access protocols or backend support services. The apparatus contains Trust and Identity Mediators to mediate between the protocol terminators and a canonical policy subsystem, translating attributes between framework representations, and a canonical representation using extensible data-driven dictionaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: AVENDA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Santhosh Cheeniyil, Krishna Prabhakar, Michael Fine