Patents by Inventor Minka Nikolova

Minka Nikolova 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).

  • Facilitating heterogeneous authentication for allowing network access
    Patent number: 9172686
    Abstract: A method comprises an operation for facilitating authentication of a client device attempting to connect to a port of a network element. Facilitating authentication includes determining whether the client device is configured for being authenticated using a first authentication mechanism and, in response to determining that the client device is not configured for being authenticated using the first authentication mechanism, determining whether the client device is configured for being authenticated using at least one other authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Anthony Chow, Minka Nikolova, L. Michele Goodwin, Vincent Vermeulen
  • Facilitating heterogeneous authentication for allowing network access
    Publication number: 20110004918
    Abstract: A method comprises an operation for facilitating authentication of a client device attempting to connect to a port of a network element. Facilitating authentication includes determining whether the client device is configured for being authenticated using a first authentication mechanism and, in response to determining that the client device is not configured for being authenticated using the first authentication mechanism, determining whether the client device is configured for being authenticated using at least one other authentication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Anthony Chow, Minka Nikolova, Michele Goodwin, Vincent Vermeulen