Patents by Inventor Joannes G. van de Groenendaal

Joannes G. van de Groenendaal 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: 8707390
    Abstract: Secure access to a wireless network access can be provided in a system where wireless devices access a wireless network through a wireless access point (WAP). For example, a plurality of pre-shared keys (PSKs) may be generated and distributed to the WAP and the wireless device. The wireless device may automatically rotate an active one of the plurality of PSKs, while the WAP receives one or more rotation signals identifying the active one of the plurality of PSKs. The wireless device and the WAP may encrypt information relating to the active one of the PSKs within communications between them, thus securing the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. Van De Groenendaal
  • Patent number: 8571574
    Abstract: A system and method for providing wireless network services using three-dimensional access zones is provided. One or more sensors may determine signal strength information, distance, or other positional information for wireless devices. An agent may provide information relating to fixed wireless reference points, and may control underlying operating systems for the reference points based on policies defined by a manager. For example, the manager may be coupled to the sensors and to the agent, and may define a three-dimensional coordinate system for a managed environment. By collecting information from the sensors and the agent, the manager may triangulate three-dimensional locations of the wireless devices, and may enforce three-dimensional access zone policies for the wireless network via the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Patent number: 8180328
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with a network, wherein the request may include information to dynamically identify a location associated with the mobile device. The wireless manager may be further operable to automatically associate the mobile device with an access zone comprising one or more physical or logical characteristics, compare the location associated with the mobile device to the access zone, and authorize the mobile device to wirelessly communicate with the network if the location associated with the mobile device indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. Van De Groenendaal
  • Publication number: 20120079567
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with a network, wherein the request may include information to dynamically identify a location associated with the mobile device. The wireless manager may be further operable to automatically associate the mobile device with an access zone comprising one or more physical or logical characteristics, compare the location associated with the mobile device to the access zone, and authorize the mobile device to wirelessly communicate with the network if the location associated with the mobile device indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. VAN DE GROENENDAAL
  • Patent number: 8095115
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with an enterprise network, with the request including information operable to dynamically identify a location of the mobile device. The wireless manager is further operable to automatically associate an access zone with the mobile device with the access zone comprising at least one logical characteristic, compare the location information to the associated access zone, and, if the location information indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone, authorize wireless communications with the enterprise network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Publication number: 20110217987
    Abstract: A system and method for providing wireless network services using three-dimensional access zones is provided. One or more sensors may determine signal strength information, distance, or other positional information for wireless devices. An agent may provide information relating to fixed wireless reference points, and may control underlying operating systems for the reference points based on policies defined by a manager. For example, the manager may be coupled to the sensors and to the agent, and may define a three-dimensional coordinate system for a managed environment. By collecting information from the sensors and the agent, the manager may triangulate three-dimensional locations of the wireless devices, and may enforce three-dimensional access zone policies for the wireless network via the agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Patent number: 7853269
    Abstract: A system and method for providing wireless network services using three-dimensional access zones is provided. One or more sensors may determine signal strength information, distance, or other positional information for wireless devices. An agent may provide information relating to fixed wireless reference points, and may control underlying operating systems for the reference points based on policies defined by a manager. For example, the manager may be coupled to the sensors and to the agent, and may define a three-dimensional coordinate system for a managed environment. By collecting information from the sensors and the agent, the manager may triangulate three-dimensional locations of the wireless devices, and may enforce three-dimensional access zone policies for the wireless network via the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Patent number: 7787863
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless agent for a mobile device. In one embodiment, the example wireless agent is operable to dynamically determine an access point for wireless communications from a mobile device through a network. The wireless agent is further operable to automatically select one of a plurality of security profiles associated with a mobile device based, at least in part, on the determined access point, with each security profile including a plurality of security parameters for accessing at least one wireless network. The wireless agent then modifies at least one of plurality of network configuration options of the mobile device based on the selected security profile and automatically attempts to communicably connect the mobile device to the access point using the network configuration options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Publication number: 20090131020
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with an enterprise network, with the request including information operable to dynamically identify a location of the mobile device. The wireless manager is further operable to automatically associate an access zone with the mobile device with the access zone comprising at least one logical characteristic, compare the location information to the associated access zone, and, if the location information indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone, authorize wireless communications with the enterprise network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Publication number: 20090028335
    Abstract: Secure access to a wireless network access can be provided in a system where wireless devices access a wireless network through a wireless access point (WAP). For example, a plurality of pre-shared keys (PSKs) may be generated and distributed to the WAP and the wireless device. The wireless device may automatically rotate an active one of the plurality of PSKs, while the WAP receives one or more rotation signals identifying the active one of the plurality of PSKs. The wireless device and the WAP may encrypt information relating to the active one of the PSKs within communications between them, thus securing the communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Patent number: 7469139
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with an enterprise network, with the request including information operable to dynamically identify a location of the mobile device. The wireless manager is further operable to automatically associate an access zone with the mobile device with the access zone comprising at least one logical characteristic, compare the location information to the associated access zone, and, if the location information indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone, authorize wireless communications with the enterprise network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal
  • Publication number: 20080287056
    Abstract: A system and method for providing wireless network services using three-dimensional access zones is provided. One or more sensors may determine signal strength information, distance, or other positional information for wireless devices. An agent may provide information relating to fixed wireless reference points, and may control underlying operating systems for the reference points based on policies defined by a manager. For example, the manager may be coupled to the sensors and to the agent, and may define a three-dimensional coordinate system for a managed environment. By collecting information from the sensors and the agent, the manager may triangulate three-dimensional locations of the wireless devices, and may enforce three-dimensional access zone policies for the wireless network via the agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Joannes G. van de Groenendaal