Patents by Inventor Charles J. Hughes

Charles J. Hughes 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: 20150012970
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a request from a user agent of a client computing device of a user to access a communication network through the router; and automatically redirecting the user agent from a first network resource to second network resource. The first network resource is configured to authenticate the user to provide access to the communication network. The second network resource is configured to authenticate the user to provide access to a particular domain of the communication network. The method also includes providing to the user agent access to the particular domain of the communication network if the second network resource successfully authenticates the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Charles J. Hughes, Erick Tseng
  • Publication number: 20140359090
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a first router of a second entity to link the first router to a communication network of the second entity. The configuration of the first router establishes router-configuration data for the communication network on a computer system of a first entity. The method also includes configuring a second router of the second entity to link the second router to the communication network using at least some of the router-configuration data for the communication network established on the computer system of the first entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Charles J. Hughes, Erick Tseng