Patents by Inventor Krishna Prabhakar

Krishna Prabhakar 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 FOR PROVISIONING POLICY ON USER DEVICES IN WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20080168547
    Abstract: A method for provisioning client devices securely and automatically by means of a network provisioning system is disclosed. Provisioning occurs before the client is granted access to the network. The provisioning is determined dynamically at the time a client connects to the network and may depend on a multitude of factors specified by data dictionaries of the provisioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Avenda Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Santhosh Cheeniyil, Krishna Prabhakar
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY-BASED NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL WITH ARBITRARY NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL FRAMEWORKS
    Publication number: 20080163340
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for integrating various network access control frameworks under the control of a single policy decision point (PDP). The apparatus supports pluggable protocol terminators to interface to any number of access protocols or backend support services. The apparatus contains Trust and Identity Mediators to mediate between the protocol terminators and a canonical policy subsystem, translating attributes between framework representations, and a canonical representation using extensible data-driven dictionaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: AVENDA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Santhosh Cheeniyil, Krishna Prabhakar, Michael Fine
  • Survey communication across a network
    Patent number: 6618746
    Abstract: A survey network system that allows gathering of information across a network quickly and efficiently, including a questionnaire server, a communication interface, a questionnaire distributor, a questionnaire designer and a questionnaire library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: MarketTools, Inc.
    Inventors: Sohag H. Desai, Krishna Prabhakar
  • SURVEY COMMUNICATION ACROSS A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20010052009
    Abstract: A survey network system that allows gathering of information across a network quickly and efficiently, including a questionnaire server, a communication interface, a questionnaire distributor, a questionnaire designer and a questionnaire library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: SOHAG H. DESAI, KRISHNA PRABHAKAR