Patents by Inventor Richard Adam Simpkins

Richard Adam Simpkins 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: 9866556
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a proxy system to provide a client device with transparent access to multiple network file servers. The proxy system may appear to the client device as a single network file server. The proxy may be configured to forward requests received from the client device to multiple servers as well as provide responses from the server back to the client. Further, the proxy system may authenticate itself, as the client, to each of the multiple network servers using authentication credentials supplied by the client. After prompting a user to submit credentials to establish a session with a first network server, the proxy system may send a session timeout error code, prompting the client to submit a fresh authentication request used by the proxy system to establish a session with a second network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Adam Simpkins, Matthew Eric Seitz, Zuwei Liu
  • Publication number: 20170026372
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a proxy system to provide a client device with transparent access to multiple network file servers. The proxy system may appear to the client device as a single network file server. The proxy may be configured to forward requests received from the client device to multiple servers as well as provide responses from the server back to the client. Further, the proxy system may authenticate itself, as the client, to each of the multiple network servers using authentication credentials supplied by the client. After prompting a user to submit credentials to establish a session with a first network server, the proxy system may send a session timeout error code, prompting the client to submit a fresh authentication request used by the proxy system to establish a session with a second network server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Adam Simpkins, Matthew Eric Seitz, Zuwei Liu
  • Patent number: 9338165
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a proxy system to provide a client device with transparent access to multiple network file servers. The proxy system may appear to the client device as a single network file server. The proxy may be configured to forward requests received from the client device to multiple servers as well as provide responses from the server back to the client. Further, the proxy system may authenticate itself, as the client, to each of the multiple network servers using authentication credentials supplied by the client. After prompting a user to submit credentials to establish a session with a first network server, the proxy system may send a session timeout error code, prompting the client to submit a fresh authentication request used by the proxy system to establish a session with a second network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Adam Simpkins, Matthew Eric Seitz, Zuwei Liu
  • Publication number: 20100235901
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a proxy system to provide a client device with transparent access to multiple network file servers. The proxy system may appear to the client device as a single network file server. The proxy may be configured to forward requests received from the client device to multiple servers as well as provide responses from the server back to the client. Further, the proxy system may authenticate itself, as the client, to each of the multiple network servers using authentication credentials supplied by the client. After prompting a user to submit credentials to establish a session with a first network server, the proxy system may send a session timeout error code, prompting the client to submit a fresh authentication request used by the proxy system to establish a session with a second network server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Adam Simpkins, Matthew Eric Seitz, Zuwei Liu