Patents by Inventor Dwayne R. Mann

Dwayne R. Mann 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).

  • Patent number: 7665118
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a server module deployed on a server is disclosed. The server module is connected to a wireless network access node. The server module includes a database containing user information for multiple wireless devices. Each element in the database is attributable to at least one authorized wireless device and contains at least one type of data file from the following group: (i) wireless connectivity permissions, (ii) authorized wireless device identification, and (iii) authorized network access node information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Credant Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne R. Mann, Robert W. Heard, Christopher D. Burchett, Ian R. Gordon
  • Patent number: 7665125
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a wireless security system is disclosed. The wireless security system includes a client module deployed on a wireless device, a network module, and a server module. The client module is adapted to authenticate a wireless device while the wireless device is operating independently from the network module and the server module. In another embodiment, a method of distributing security policy information from a server to a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method includes authentication of a connection between the server and a gatekeeper, sending a policy package to the gatekeeper, initiating data synchronization between the mobile computing device and the gatekeeper, authenticating the mobile computing device, and sending the policy package from the gatekeeper to the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventors: Robert W. Heard, Dwayne R. Mann, Christopher D. Burchett, Ian R. Gordon
  • Patent number: 7437752
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a client module is deployed on a wireless device. The client module comprises a policy database including a list of authorized devices to which the wireless device may communicate. In another embodiment, the client module comprises a policy database including at least two user profiles on a wireless device, such as a personal profile and a business profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Credant Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Heard, Dwayne R. Mann, Christopher D. Burchett, Ian R. Gordon