Patents by Inventor Christopher Carl Cassell

Christopher Carl Cassell 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: 20240031365
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for identifying an application (e.g., accessing application) that is attempting to access a resource. In some examples, access may be managed by an authentication service. When an access request is received at the authentication service from an application on a client device, the authentication service may ask the application to communicate with an identification agent on the client device. The identification agent may perform one or more tests to discover the identity of the application. In some cases, the identification agent may send the identity of the application to the authentication service. The authentication service may then allow or deny access by the accessing application to the resource based at least in part on the discovered identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Steven Gross, Jennifer Lee Bammel, David William Matteson, Christopher Carl Cassell, Kyle David Mills
  • Patent number: 11799856
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for identifying an application (e.g., accessing application) that is attempting to access a resource. In some examples, access may be managed by an authentication service. When an access request is received at the authentication service from an application on a client device, the authentication service may ask the application to communicate with an identification agent on the client device. The identification agent may perform one or more tests to discover the identity of the application. In some cases, the identification agent may send the identity of the application to the authentication service. The authentication service may then allow or deny access by the accessing application to the resource based at least in part on the discovered identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Steven Gross, Jennifer Lee Bammel, David William Matteson, Christopher Carl Cassell, Kyle David Mills
  • Publication number: 20230126355
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause one or more components of the system to perform operations. The operations comprise determining that an endpoint device has requested to discover a location of a protected resource that is protected by a gateway, determining whether the endpoint device has provided a token that is valid, and permitting the endpoint device to discover the location of the protected resource based on determining that the endpoint device has provided the token that is valid. The token indicates that the endpoint device successfully completed a first multi-factor authentication procedure in connection with accessing an authentication enforcement resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Sharif Mufid-Sharif Anani, Omar Abduljaber, Christopher Carl Cassell, Marc Neuberger, David Steven Gross, Luis Daniel Mendez
  • Publication number: 20220286455
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for identifying an application (e.g., accessing application) that is attempting to access a resource. In some examples, access may be managed by an authentication service. When an access request is received at the authentication service from an application on a client device, the authentication service may ask the application to communicate with an identification agent on the client device. The identification agent may perform one or more tests to discover the identity of the application. In some cases, the identification agent may send the identity of the application to the authentication service. The authentication service may then allow or deny access by the accessing application to the resource based at least in part on the discovered identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: David Steven Gross, Jennifer Lee Bammel, David William Matteson, Christopher Carl Cassell, Kyle David Mills