Patents by Inventor Manjunath A. Krishnam

Manjunath A. Krishnam 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).

  • Authorizing equipment on a sub-network
    Patent number: 9130888
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authorizing a customer premise equipment (CPE) device to join a network through a network termination unit (NTU). The CPE device can send an encrypted connection request, and an authorization server can decrypt the connection request and provide a network membership key (NMK) associated with the CPE device to the NTU. The authorization server can encrypt the NMK associated with the CPE device using a device access key (DAK) associated with the NTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Manjunath A. Krishnam
  • Authorizing Equipment on a Sub-Network
    Publication number: 20120072715
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authorizing a customer premise equipment (CPE) device to join a network through a network termination unit (NTU). The CPE device can send an encrypted connection request, and an authorization server can decrypt the connection request and provide a network membership key (NMK) associated with the CPE device to the NTU. The authorization server can encrypt the NMK associated with the CPE device using a device access key (DAK) associated with the NTU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Manjunath A. Krishnam