Patents by Inventor Averett Wade Nelson Thompson

Averett Wade Nelson Thompson 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).

  • Publication number: 20110162058
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for enforcing physical access control and logical access control may include a physical access control system, a logical access control system, a location detection system, and a convergence system. The convergence system may be communicatively coupled to the physical access control system, the logical access control system, and the location detection system and configured to: (i) receive information from the physical access control system regarding a physical access credential; (ii) receive information from the logical access control system regarding a logical access credential; (iii) receive information from the location detection system regarding a location of a location detection tag; and (iv) based on analysis of information regarding the physical access credential, information regarding the logical access credential, and the information regarding the location of the location detection tag, determine the approximate location of a person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: William Shane Powell, Averett Wade Nelson Thompson, Samuel Jeffrey Biller
  • Publication number: 20110162064
    Abstract: A method for enforcing physical access control and logical access control may include: (i) controlling access of a person to a physical location based on a physical access credential associated with the person provided to a physical access control system; (ii) controlling access of the person to an information system and an enterprise service based on a logical access credential associated with the person provided to a logical access control system; (iii) receiving information from the physical access control system regarding the physical access credential; (iv) receiving information from the logical access control system regarding the logical access credential; (v) determining an approximate location of the person based on the physical access credential and the logical access credential; and (vi) blocking unauthorized access between the physical access control system and the logical access control system by a first firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: William Shane Powell, Averett Wade Nelson Thompson, Samuel Jeffrey Biller