Patents by Inventor Aaron T. Woland

Aaron T. Woland 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).

  • Patent number: 11695769
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically changing a user authorization with a service provider during an ongoing user session. The changing user authorization may be used to address changing confidence in an identity of a user consuming a service provided by the service provider. The changing user authorization may also be used to adjust a scope of a service to which a user has access. The present techniques may allow single-sign-on type protocols to accomplish the flexible and dynamic change-of-authorization functionality of some traditional protocols to handle ongoing client-server sessions, rather than simply revoking authorization for access to the service. For this reason, the present techniques are able to integrate advantages of traditional protocols with newer, single-sign-on-type protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sape Jurrien Mullender, Hendrikus G. P. Bosch, Alessandro Duminuco, Ahmed Bakry Helmy Ahmed, Aaron T. Woland
  • Patent number: 11558366
    Abstract: Techniques for connecting known entities to a protected network are described. A user device with a certified application installed is authenticated with an identification repository. The authentication is accomplished using credentials associated with the certified application. The user device is also enrolled with an authentication server and the authenticated user device is connected to the protected network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron T. Woland, Adam J. O'Donnell, Vivek Santuka, Stephen M. Orr
  • Publication number: 20220046018
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically changing a user authorization with a service provider during an ongoing user session. The changing user authorization may be used to address changing confidence in an identity of a user consuming a service provided by the service provider. The changing user authorization may also be used to adjust a scope of a service to which a user has access. The present techniques may allow single-sign-on type protocols to accomplish the flexible and dynamic change-of-authorization functionality of some traditional protocols to handle ongoing client-server sessions, rather than simply revoking authorization for access to the service. For this reason, the present techniques are able to integrate advantages of traditional protocols with newer, single-sign-on-type protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Sape Jurrien Mullender, Hendrikus G.P. Bosch, Alessandro Duminuco, Ahmed Bakry Helmy Ahmed, Aaron T. Woland
  • Patent number: 10944734
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe segmenting a Wi-Fi network into different groups. The embodiments herein assign a user, a client device, or a traffic flow originating from a client device to a group. For example, all the client devices for a particular user can be assigned to the same group tag, or each traffic flow in the client device may be assigned to different groups. Each group corresponds to a group key which can be transmitted to the client device when the device associates to an access point (AP). As such, within the same service set identifier (SSID), there can be multiple groups, and thus, client devices can use different group keys to communicate with other client devices associated to the same SSID. Put differently, rather than all devices connected the same SSID being assigned to the same group, the client devices can be assigned in different groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Orr, Aaron T. Woland, Jerome Henry
  • Patent number: 10795998
    Abstract: A method for selecting either a first malware analysis system or a second malware analysis system to analyze a file is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, at a network security element, a file sent between a first device and a second device, the file having one or more associated attributes; analyzing, at the network security element, the one or more attributes of the file; selecting, based on the analyzing, either the first malware analysis system or the second malware analysis system as a selected malware analysis system for malware analysis of the file; and providing the file to the selected malware analysis system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron T. Woland, Vivek Santuka, Moses Hernandez, Steven H. Chimes, Andrew E. Ossipov
  • Publication number: 20200137036
    Abstract: Techniques for connecting known entities to a protected network are described. A user device with a certified application installed is authenticated with an identification repository. The authentication is accomplished using credentials associated with the certified application. The user device is also enrolled with an authentication server and the authenticated user device is connected to the protected network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron T. WOLAND, Adam J. O'DONNELL, Vivek SANTUKA, Stephen M. ORR
  • Publication number: 20200059460
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe segmenting a Wi-Fi network into different groups. The embodiments herein assign a user, a client device, or a traffic flow originating from a client device to a group. For example, all the client devices for a particular user can be assigned to the same group tag, or each traffic flow in the client device may be assigned to different groups. Each group corresponds to a group key which can be transmitted to the client device when the device associates to an access point (AP). As such, within the same service set identifier (SSID), there can be multiple groups, and thus, client devices can use different group keys to communicate with other client devices associated to the same SSID. Put differently, rather than all devices connected the same SSID being assigned to the same group, the client devices can be assigned in different groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen M. ORR, Aaron T. WOLAND, Jerome HENRY
  • Publication number: 20190272376
    Abstract: A method for selecting either a first malware analysis system or a second malware analysis system to analyze a file is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, at a network security element, a file sent between a first device and a second device, the file having one or more associated attributes; analyzing, at the network security element, the one or more attributes of the file; selecting, based on the analyzing, either the first malware analysis system or the second malware analysis system as a selected malware analysis system for malware analysis of the file; and providing the file to the selected malware analysis system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron T. Woland, Vivek Santuka, Moses Hernandez, Steven H. Chimes, Andrew E. Ossipov