Patents by Inventor Eric Maassmann

Eric Maassmann 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).

  • Wireless network steering
    Patent number: 10440031
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for steering authorized wireless clients to preferred or restricted wireless networks. In some examples, an access point associated with a preferred wireless network and a non-preferred wireless network can receive one or more probe requests from a wireless client. The access point can withhold a response to the one or more probe requests from the wireless client until a probe response triggering event is detected. In response to detecting the probe response triggering event, the access point can steer the wireless client towards the wireless network by sending, to the wireless client, a first probe response associated with the preferred wireless network and withholding a second probe response associated with the non-preferred wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Derrick Pallus, Eric Maassmann, Simon Barber
  • WIRELESS NETWORK STEERING
    Publication number: 20190028482
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for steering authorized wireless clients to preferred or restricted wireless networks. In some examples, an access point associated with a preferred wireless network and a non-preferred wireless network can receive one or more probe requests from a wireless client. The access point can withhold a response to the one or more probe requests from the wireless client until a probe response triggering event is detected. In response to detecting the probe response triggering event, the access point can steer the wireless client towards the wireless network by sending, to the wireless client, a first probe response associated with the preferred wireless network and withholding a second probe response associated with the non-preferred wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Derrick Pallas, Eric Maassmann, Simon Barber