Patents by Inventor Christopher Kavas

Christopher Kavas 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).

  • Method and system for onboarding wireless-enabled products in a network
    Patent number: 9935962
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for connecting wireless-enabled products to wireless networks. Customer network credentials may be stored in a server along with a customer identifier (“customer ID”) during one-time registration. When a wireless-enabled product is purchased, a product identifier (“product ID”) and the customer's ID are forwarded to the server, which correlates the two identifiers, linking the purchased product to the customer. When the wireless-enabled product is powered on, the product accesses the server via a public network connection, and sends the product ID and a security token to the server. The server uses the product ID and the security token to authenticate the product. Once authenticated, the server uses the correlated customer ID to look up the network credentials for the customer's private network, and provides the network credentials to the wireless-enabled product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Burns, Christopher Kavas, Marcello Lioy, Kenneth Swinson, Todd Malsbary, Matthew Michael
  • Method and System for Onboarding Wireless-enabled Products in a Network
    Publication number: 20170208070
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for connecting wireless-enabled products to wireless networks. Customer network credentials may be stored in a server along with a customer identifier (“customer ID”) during one-time registration. When a wireless-enabled product is purchased, a product identifier (“product ID”) and the customer's ID are forwarded to the server, which correlates the two identifiers, linking the purchased product to the customer. When the wireless-enabled product is powered on, the product accesses the server via a public network connection, and sends the product ID and a security token to the server. The server uses the product ID and the security token to authenticate the product. Once authenticated, the server uses the correlated customer ID to look up the network credentials for the customer's private network, and provides the network credentials to the wireless-enabled product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Burns, Christopher Kavas, Marcello Lioy, Kenneth Swinson, Todd Malsbary, Matthew Michael