Patents by Inventor Robert A. Conant

Robert A. Conant 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: 10834592
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a wireless device, from a cloud system, that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials, sensing, by the wireless device, a presence of one or more wireless networks, providing, by the wireless device, wireless network information of the sensed presence of the one or more wireless networks to the cloud system, providing, by the wireless device, to the cloud system, a request for private network credentials, wherein the cloud system, receives the private network credentials of the authenticated user, and receiving, by the wireless device, from the cloud system, distribution of the private network credentials, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson
  • Patent number: 10645580
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for binding an authenticated user with a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving local environment information from the wireless device, receiving local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, binding the wireless device with the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, and communicating information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the computing device has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson, Roshan Paiva, Stark Pister
  • Publication number: 20190289466
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a wireless device, from a cloud system, that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials, sensing, by the wireless device, a presence of one or more wireless networks, providing, by the wireless device, wireless network information of the sensed presence of the one or more wireless networks to the cloud system, providing, by the wireless device, to the cloud system, a request for private network credentials, wherein the cloud system, receives the private network credentials of the authenticated user, and receiving, by the wireless device, from the cloud system, distribution of the private network credentials, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson
  • Patent number: 10356618
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a cloud system, a notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system, wherein the credential management system stores private network credentials of the authenticated user, and wherein the cloud system further receives an identifier of the wireless device with the notification, authenticating, by the cloud system, the wireless device, receiving, by the cloud system, a request from the wireless device for private network credentials, and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson
  • Publication number: 20190132734
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for binding an authenticated user with a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving local environment information from the wireless device, receiving local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, binding the wireless device with the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, and communicating information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the computing device has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson, Roshan Paiva, Stark Pister
  • Patent number: 10154409
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for binding an authenticated user with a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving local environment information from the wireless device, receiving local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, binding the wireless device with the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, and communicating information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the computing device has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson, Anre Nario Roshan Paiva, Stark Pister
  • Publication number: 20180184295
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a cloud system, a notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system, wherein the credential management system stores private network credentials of the authenticated user, and wherein the cloud system further receives an identifier of the wireless device with the notification, authenticating, by the cloud system, the wireless device, receiving, by the cloud system, a request from the wireless device for private network credentials, and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson
  • Patent number: 9942756
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system. The method further includes receiving the private network credentials of the authenticated user, storing the private network credentials and the identifier of the wireless device, receiving an authentication request from a router, returning a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes internet domains and connection bandwidths the wireless device is allowed to use, authenticating the wireless device, ensuring that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials; and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson
  • Publication number: 20160066183
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system. The method further includes receiving the private network credentials of the authenticated user, storing the private network credentials and the identifier of the wireless device, receiving an authentication request from a router, returning a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes internet domains and connection bandwidths the wireless device is allowed to use, authenticating the wireless device, ensuring that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials; and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Cirrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson
  • Publication number: 20160021538
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for binding an authenticated user with a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving local environment information from the wireless device, receiving local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, binding the wireless device with the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, and communicating information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the computing device has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: CIRRENT, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Barbara Nelson, Anre Nario Roshan Paiva, Stark Pister
  • Patent number: 7079299
    Abstract: A staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive includes a stationary combteeth assembly and a moving combteeth assembly with a mirror and a torsional hinge. The moving combteeth assembly is positioned entirely above the stationary combteeth assembly by a predetermined vertical displacement during a combdrive state. A method of fabricating the staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive includes the step of deep trench etching a stationary combteeth assembly in a first wafer. A second wafer is bonded to the first wafer to form a sandwich including the first wafer, an oxide layer, and the second wafer. A moving combteeth assembly is formed in the second wafer. The moving combteeth assembly includes a mirror and a torsional hinge. The moving combteeth assembly is separated from the first wafer by the oxide layer. The oxide layer is subsequently removed to release the staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Jocelyn T. Nee, Kam-Yin Lau, Richard S. Muller
  • Patent number: 6758983
    Abstract: A staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive includes a stationary combteeth assembly and a moving combteeth assembly with a mirror and a torsional hinge. The moving combteeth assembly is positioned entirely above the stationary combteeth assembly by a predetermined vertical displacement during a combdrive resting state. A method of fabricating the staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive includes the step of deep trench etching a stationary combteeth assembly in a first wafer. A second wafer is bonded to the first wafer to form a sandwich including the first wafer, an oxide layer, and the second wafer. A moving combteeth assembly is formed in the second wafer. The moving combteeth assembly includes a mirror and a torsional hinge. The moving combteeth assembly is separated from the first wafer by the oxide layer. The oxide layer is subsequently removed to release the staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Jocelyn T. Nee, Kam-Yin Lau, Richard S. Muller
  • Publication number: 20030019832
    Abstract: A staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive includes a stationary combteeth assembly and a moving combteeth assembly with a mirror and a torsional hinge. The moving combteeth assembly is positioned entirely above the stationary combteeth assembly by a predetermined vertical displacement during a combdrive resting state. A method of fabricating the staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive includes the step of deep trench etching a stationary combteeth assembly in a first wafer. A second wafer is bonded to the first wafer to form a sandwich including the first wafer, an oxide layer, and the second wafer. A moving combteeth assembly is formed in the second wafer. The moving combteeth assembly includes a mirror and a torsional hinge. The moving combteeth assembly is separated from the first wafer by the oxide layer. The oxide layer is subsequently removed to release the staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Jocelyn T. Nee, Kam-Yin Lau, Richard S. Muller
  • Publication number: 20020008922
    Abstract: A micromirror for fast beam steering and method of fabricating the same. The micromirror of the present invention is lightweight and optically flat, and includes a tensile membrane that is stretched under high tension across a rigid single-crystal silicon support rib structure. A thin layer of gold may be deposited on the polysilicon membrane to improve reflectivity. The tensile stress in the membrane gives the micromirror a very high resonant frequency, thereby allowing the mirror to be scanned at high frequencies without exciting resonant nodes that may compromise the flatness of the optical surface and ruin its optical properties. The tensile stress also causes the optical surface to be stretched flat. The micromirror of the present invention may be actuated by a staggered torsional electrostatic combdrive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Robert A. Conant, Jocelyn T. Nee, Kam-Yin Lau