Patents by Inventor Gabriel E. Rubinsky

Gabriel E. Rubinsky 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).

  • Method and apparatus for exchanging configuration information in a wireless local area network
    Patent number: 8856290
    Abstract: A method of exchanging configuration information needed to authenticate an unregistered Wi-Fi client device to an access point of a wireless local area network is described. A SSID of the AP and a temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP are enabled for a preset time period with a residential gateway providing the AP of the WLAN. A message is received in the form of IP UDP packets by the residential gateway to the temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP during the preset time period requesting network configuration information. The residential gateway transmits the requested network configuration information via return message in the form of IP UDP packets on the temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP. Additional methods and apparatus are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Couto, Kwoktung B. Lo, Rodney E. Okano, Gabriel E. Rubinsky
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20130103807
    Abstract: A method of exchanging configuration information needed to authenticate an unregistered Wi-Fi client device to an access point of a wireless local area network is described. A SSID of the AP and a temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP are enabled for a preset time period with a residential gateway providing the AP of the WLAN. A message is received in the form of IP UDP packets by the residential gateway to the temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP during the preset time period requesting network configuration information. The residential gateway transmits the requested network configuration information via return message in the form of IP UDP packets on the temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP. Additional methods and apparatus are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Couto, Kwoktung B. Lo, Rodney E. Okano, Gabriel E. Rubinsky