Patents by Inventor Bret Harrison

Bret Harrison 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: 20050256970
    Abstract: A system and method for multi-vendor mediation for subscription services is presented. A mediation server assigns customized “plug-ins” to particular network access servers (NAS) that allow a service provider application to use a single interface to communicate with multiple types of NASs. Vendor specific details of NAS transaction processing are hidden in the customized plug-ins implementations in which a service provider application has no knowledge of such transaction processing information. The mediation server extracts a user identifier from a call request, and uses the user identifier to select a mediation handler plug-in. The mediation server then uses the mediation handler plug-in to communicate with a particular NAS. In addition, a RADIUS server uses a NAS identifier to assign a RADIUS handler plug-in to a NAS session, and uses the assigned RADIUS handler plug-in to communicate with the NAS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bret Harrison, Brett King, Timothy Smith, David Taber, Aaron Tarter