Patents by Inventor Conor Hunt

Conor Hunt 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).

  • System and method for wide area wireless connectivity to the internet
    Patent number: 9344883
    Abstract: A system and method for managing access to a Wi-Fi system include redirecting an access request, comprising a user credential, from a wireless user device to an authentication server, obtaining, from a first database, a list of a plurality of authentication databases from which users may be authenticated, the list including a protocol required for communication with each of the authentication databases, transmitting a request to each of the listed authentication databases using the identified protocol, and permitting the user access to the Internet through the Wi-Fi system if the user is authenticated by at least one of the listed authentication databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Perry, Sean Byrnes, Valeriy Elbert, Chivas Nambiar, Conor Hunt, Thanos Kosmidis, Vineet Gupta
  • System and method for wide area wireless connectivity to the internet
    Patent number: 8571222
    Abstract: A system and method for managing access to a Wi-Fi system include redirecting an access request, comprising a user credential, from a wireless user device to an authentication server, obtaining, from a first database, a list of a plurality of authentication databases from which users may be authenticated, the list including a protocol required for communication with each of the authentication databases, transmitting a request to each of the listed authentication databases using the identified protocol, and permitting the user access to the Internet through the Wi-Fi system if the user is authenticated by at least one of the listed authentication databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Perry, Sean Byrnes, Valeriy Elbert, Chivas Nambiar, Conor Hunt, Thanos Kosmidis, Vineet Gupta
  • System and Method for Wide Area Wireless Connectivity to the Internet
    Publication number: 20110173682
    Abstract: A system and method for managing access to a Wi-Fi system include redirecting an access request, comprising a user credential, from a wireless user device to an authentication server, obtaining, from a first database, a list of a plurality of authentication databases from which users may be authenticated, the list including a protocol required for communication with each of the authentication databases, transmitting a request to each of the listed authentication databases using the identified protocol, and permitting the user access to the Internet through the Wi-Fi system if the user is authenticated by at least one of the listed authentication databases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Perry, Sean Byrnes, Valeriy Elbert, Chivas Nambiar, Conor Hunt, Thanos Kosmidis, Vineet Gupta