Patents by Inventor Edward W. Neipris

Edward W. Neipris 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: 20240121609
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media may facilitate wireless network provisioning. In one example, a method for provisioning wireless network access to a wireless device includes: creating, in a cloud-based provisioning system, a wireless network access profile that includes a user identifier associated with the wireless device, receiving, on an access point, an authentication request sent from the wireless device, identifying, by the cloud-based provisioning system, the wireless device based on the user identifier associated with the wireless device, performing, on the cloud-based provisioning system, WPA3-based authentication to authenticate the wireless device, and providing, by the access point, network access to the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Edward W. Neipris, Joshua David Wade, Tyler Nesper
  • Publication number: 20230412613
    Abstract: A system and corresponding computer-implemented method provide secure network access to network-enabled devices. The computer-implemented method creates a user profile, automatically. The user profile is bound to a physical geographic location. The user profile provides access rights to a network. The computer-implemented method assigns, automatically, at least one VLAN to the user profile created. The assigning is based on whether there is an existing user profile bound to the physical geographic location. The computer-implemented method associates, automatically, the user profile created with a network-enabled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Edward W. Neipris, Gaurav Jain, Tyler Nesper
  • Publication number: 20230412424
    Abstract: A system and corresponding computer-implemented method perform virtual local area network (VLAN) assignment. The method identifies, automatically, whether a network-enabled device is associated with a previously assigned VLAN for a network. The network-enabled device has passed authentication. The authentication is responsive to a request sent from the network-enabled device to network equipment for access to the network. Based on a result of the identifying, the method automatically (i) selects a VLAN from a pool of dynamically assignable VLANs, (ii) associates the VLAN selected with the network-enabled device, and (iii) instructs the network equipment to assign the network-enabled device to the VLAN selected from the pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Edward W. Neipris, Gaurav Jain, Tyler Nesper
  • Publication number: 20220322091
    Abstract: Various arrangements for wireless network provisioning using a pre-shared key (PSK) are presented. A plurality of wireless network access profiles that indicate a plurality of PSKs may be stored. An access point may receive, from a wireless device, a first value based at on the PSK. The access point can transmit the first value to a cloud-based provisioning system. A plurality of values based on the plurality of PSKs of the plurality of wireless network access profiles may be created and a match between a second value of the plurality of values and the transmitted first value may be identified. A third value may be provided to the access point based on the PSK of the wireless network access profile of the plurality of wireless network access profiles used to generate the value. Network access can then be granted based on the third value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Edward W. Neipris, Joshua David Wade, Tyler Nesper
  • Patent number: 11317285
    Abstract: Various arrangements for wireless network provisioning using a pre-shared key (PSK) are presented. A plurality of wireless network access profiles that indicate a plurality of PSKs may be stored. An access point may receive, from a wireless device, a first value based at on the PSK. The access point can transmit the first value to a cloud-based provisioning system. A plurality of values based on the plurality of PSKs of the plurality of wireless network access profiles may be created and a match between a second value of the plurality of values and the transmitted first value may be identified. A third value may be provided to the access point based on the PSK of the wireless network access profile of the plurality of wireless network access profiles used to generate the value. Network access can then be granted based on the third value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward W. Neipris, Joshua David Wade, Tyler Nesper
  • Publication number: 20210099876
    Abstract: Various arrangements for wireless network provisioning using a pre-shared key (PSK) are presented. A plurality of wireless network access profiles that indicate a plurality of PSKs may be stored. An access point may receive, from a wireless device, a first value based at on the PSK. The access point can transmit the first value to a cloud-based provisioning system. A plurality of values based on the plurality of PSKs of the plurality of wireless network access profiles may be created and a match between a second value of the plurality of values and the transmitted first value may be identified. A third value may be provided to the access point based on the PSK of the wireless network access profile of the plurality of wireless network access profiles used to generate the value. Network access can then be granted based on the third value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Edward W. Neipris, Joshua David Wade, Tyler Nesper