Patents by Inventor Richard M. Burkley

Richard M. Burkley 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 and system for controlling access to an enclosed area
    Patent number: 8662386
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling access to an enclosed area is described. One illustrative embodiment is an access card reader and controller that is powered via a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) interface. The access card reader and controller may include a plurality of operating modes, including a network mode in which the access card reader and controller relies on an external access control server to authenticate received card identifiers and a standalone mode in which the access card reader and controller authenticates card identifiers independently of the access control server based on information stored locally in the access card reader and controller. In this illustrative embodiment, the access card reader and controller may also include a local tamper detector configured to detect when the access card reader and controller is being tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Isonas Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Radicella, Richard M. Burkley, Kriston L. Chapman, Shirl D. Jones, Roger Y. Matsumoto
  • Method and system for controlling access to an enclosed area
    Publication number: 20100276487
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling access to an enclosed area is described. One illustrative embodiment is an access card reader and controller that is powered via a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) interface. The access card reader and controller may include a plurality of operating modes, including a network mode in which the access card reader and controller relies on an external access control server to authenticate received card identifiers and a standalone mode in which the access card reader and controller authenticates card identifiers independently of the access control server based on information stored locally in the access card reader and controller. In this illustrative embodiment, the access card reader and controller may also include a local tamper detector configured to detect when the access card reader and controller is being tampered with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: ISONAS SECURITY SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Michael Radicella, Richard M. Burkley, Kriston L. Chapman, Shirl D. Jones, Roger Y. Matsumoto
  • Method and system for controlling access to an enclosed area
    Patent number: 7775429
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling access to an enclosed area is described. One illustrative embodiment is an access card reader and controller that is powered via a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) interface. The access card reader and controller may include a plurality of operating modes, including a network mode in which the access card reader and controller relies on an external access control server to authenticate received card identifiers and a standalone mode in which the access card reader and controller authenticates card identifiers independently of the access control server based on information stored locally in the access card reader and controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Isonas Security Systems
    Inventors: Michael Radicella, Richard M. Burkley, Kriston L. Chapman, Shirl D. Jones, Roger Y. Matsumoto
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO AN ENCLOSED AREA
    Publication number: 20080041943
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling access to an enclosed area is described. One illustrative embodiment is an access card reader and controller that is powered via a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) interface. The access card reader and controller may include a plurality of operating modes, including a network mode in which the access card reader and controller relies on an external access control server to authenticate received card identifiers and a standalone mode in which the access card reader and controller authenticates card identifiers independently of the access control server based on information stored locally in the access card reader and controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Radicella, Richard M. Burkley, Kriston L. Chapman, Shirl D. Jones, Roger Y. Matsumoto
  • System for controlling the number of concurrent copies of a program in a network based on the number of available licenses
    Patent number: 5390297
    Abstract: License management systems and methods allow licenses for a computer program to be available for use at each of a plurality of nodes of a network. If a valid license file at a local node contains an unexpired, available license, a license manager at the local node permits the computer program to be executed at the requesting local node. If no such license is available in a valid license file at such local node, the license manager searches the other nodes for a valid license file containing an unexpired, available license. In one embodiment, if an unexpired available license is located in a valid license file at a second (or "remote") node, the license manager transfers such license to the local node, and assigns and encrypts a unique identification to such transferred license. The original record of the transferred license is modified by erasing it from the license file at the remote node so that the transferred license is no longer available there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Auto-trol Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jon H. Barber, Ronald A. Woodward, Richard M. Burkley, Erwin L. Rehme, Matthew W. Jackson, Douglas M. Young