Patents by Inventor Andreas X. Meier

Andreas X. Meier 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).

  • Owner based device authentication and authorization for network access
    Patent number: 10171439
    Abstract: Methods and computerized units grant network access to any one of multiple devices of the same owner. Each of the multiple devices has been previously associated with an owner at an authentication server, whereby device keys for authenticating said multiple devices are stored on the authentication server. Also, said owner has previously been authorized to access the network, such that an owner ID for this owner is stored on the authentication server. In embodiments, present methods comprise, at the authentication server: receiving a network access request for a device to connect to a network, said device being one of the multiple devices; and upon authenticating said device based on a device key associated with this device at the authentication server, confirming that network access can be granted for the device if said owner ID is confirmed to be associated with said device at the authentication server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Gero Dittmann, Andreas X. Meier
  • OWNER-BASED DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR NETWORK ACCESS
    Publication number: 20170093821
    Abstract: Methods and computerized units grant network access to any one of multiple devices of the same owner. Each of the multiple devices has been previously associated with an owner at an authentication server, whereby device keys for authenticating said multiple devices are stored on the authentication server. Also, said owner has previously been authorized to access the network, such that an owner ID for this owner is stored on the authentication server. In embodiments, present methods comprise, at the authentication server: receiving a network access request for a device to connect to a network, said device being one of the multiple devices; and upon authenticating said device based on a device key associated with this device at the authentication server, confirming that network access can be granted for the device if said owner ID is confirmed to be associated with said device at the authentication server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Gero Dittmann, Andreas X. Meier