Patents by Inventor Devika Mishra

Devika Mishra 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: 20250048099
    Abstract: There is disclosed computer-implemented system and method of providing a wireless access point (WAP), including dividing the WAP into at least two virtual networks, wherein a first virtual network is for devices that authenticate using a first authentication protocol and a second virtual network is for devices that authenticate using a second authentication protocol, wherein the second authentication protocol is more secure than the first authentication protocol; and onboarding devices to the WAP, and assigning the devices to the at least two virtual networks according to the authentication protocols they use to authenticate to the WAP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Tirumaleswar Reddy Konda, Piyush Pramod Joshi, Devika Mishra, Shashank Jain
  • Patent number: 11930359
    Abstract: There is disclosed in an example, a gateway apparatus, including a hardware platform having a processor and a memory; a wireless network interface; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: provide a first virtual access point (VAP) secured by an IEEE 802.1x extensible authentication protocol (EAP) enterprise security method; provide a second VAP secured by a WiFi protected access pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) method; onboard a device, comprising determining whether the device supports the EAP method, and enrolling the device with the EAP method if the device supports the EAP method; and if the device does not support the EAP method, enrolling the device with the WPA-PSK method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Tirumaleswar Reddy Konda, Piyush Pramod Joshi, Devika Mishra, Shashank Jain
  • Publication number: 20220104017
    Abstract: There is disclosed in an example, a gateway apparatus, including a hardware platform having a processor and a memory; a wireless network interface; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: provide a first virtual access point (VAP) secured by an IEEE 802.1x extensible authentication protocol (EAP) enterprise security method; provide a second VAP secured by a WiFi protected access pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) method; onboard a device, comprising determining whether the device supports the EAP method, and enrolling the device with the EAP method if the device supports the EAP method; and if the device does not support the EAP method, enrolling the device with the WPA-PSK method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Tirumaleswar Reddy Konda, Piyush Pramod Joshi, Devika Mishra, Shashank Jain