Patents by Inventor Diana Panek

Diana Panek 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for automatic security checking in systems that monitor for improper network usage
    Patent number: 9047465
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatic security checking in systems that monitor for improper network usage are disclosed. An example system to mitigate improper network usage disclosed herein comprises an alert processor to determine whether to issue a notification in response to an activity alert corresponding to monitored usage of a communication network by a user device, wherein the monitored usage occurs after the user device has been granted access to the communication network, and an automatic verifier to respond to the activity alert by causing at least one of an automatic validation command or an automatic disconnect command to be sent to the user device before the alert processor determines whether to issue the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Chaoxin Charles Qiu, William Chorley, Diana Panek
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SECURITY CHECKING IN SYSTEMS THAT MONITOR FOR IMPROPER NETWORK USAGE
    Publication number: 20080120688
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatic security checking in systems that monitor for improper network usage are disclosed. An example system to mitigate improper network usage disclosed herein comprises an alert processor to determine whether to issue a notification in response to an activity alert corresponding to monitored usage of a communication network by a user device, wherein the monitored usage occurs after the user device has been granted access to the communication network, and an automatic verifier to respond to the activity alert by causing at least one of an automatic validation command or an automatic disconnect command to be sent to the user device before the alert processor determines whether to issue the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Chaoxin Charles Qiu, William Chorley, Diana Panek