Patents by Inventor JAMES A. ROLLS, IV

JAMES A. ROLLS, IV 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).

  • System and method for authenticating local CPE
    Patent number: 10080137
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms for authenticating wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) at a service location by transmitting an authentication trigger signal via a first communication mechanism associated with the service location toward CPE associated with the service location; monitoring a second communication mechanism associated with the service location to detect therefrom any received authentication trigger response signals; and authenticating only CPE associated with a received authentication trigger response signal, wherein at least one of the first and second communication mechanisms comprises a local infrastructure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Rolls, IV
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING LOCAL CPE
    Publication number: 20170230827
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms for authenticating wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) at a service location by transmitting an authentication trigger signal via a first communication mechanism associated with the service location toward CPE associated with the service location; monitoring a second communication mechanism associated with the service location to detect therefrom any received authentication trigger response signals; and authenticating only CPE associated with a received authentication trigger response signal, wherein at least one of the first and second communication mechanisms comprises a local infrastructure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Rolls, IV
  • System and method for authenticating local CPE
    Patent number: 9628457
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms for authenticating wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) at a service location by transmitting an authentication trigger signal via a first communication mechanism associated with the service location toward CPE associated with the service location; monitoring a second communication mechanism associated with the service location to detect therefrom any received authentication trigger response signals; and authenticating only CPE associated with a received authentication trigger response signal, wherein at least one of the first and second communication mechanisms comprises a local infrastructure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Rolls, IV
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING LOCAL CPE
    Publication number: 20150128216
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms for authenticating wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) at a service location by transmitting an authentication trigger signal via a first communication mechanism associated with the service location toward CPE associated with the service location; monitoring a second communication mechanism associated with the service location to detect therefrom any received authentication trigger response signals; and authenticating only CPE associated with a received authentication trigger response signal, wherein at least one of the first and second communication mechanisms comprises a local infrastructure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: JAMES A. ROLLS, IV