Patents by Inventor Robert A. Vollbrecht

Robert A. Vollbrecht 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: 7958352
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access device. The network access system further receives client device configuration data from the client access device over the communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange and processes the client device configuration data to determine if the client access device will be granted access to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: iPass Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Steven Edgett, Barbara Nelson, John Robert Vollbrecht, Roy David Albert, James Marion Underwood, Blair Thomas Bullock
  • Publication number: 20090150525
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access device. The network access system further receives client device configuration data from the client access device over the communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange and processes the client device configuration data to determine if the client access device will be granted access to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Jeff Steven Edgett, Barbara Nelson, John Robert Vollbrecht, Roy David Albert, James Marion Underwood, Blair Thomas Bullock
  • Patent number: 7539862
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access device. The network access system further receives client device configuration data from the client access device over the communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange and processes the client device configuration data to determine if the client access device will be granted access to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: iPass Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Steven Edgett, Barbara Nelson, John Robert Vollbrecht, Roy David Albert, James Marion Underwood, Blair Thomas Bullock
  • Patent number: 5813540
    Abstract: A package (10) is disclosed including stacked, lower and upper trays (12, 14) each including end walls (22, 122) extending on opposite sides of a base panel (16, 116). The handgrips (26) of the end walls (22) of the lower tray (12) are aligned with the handgrips (126) of the end walls (122) of the upper tray (14) when it is stacked on the lower tray (12). The openings (38) in the ends of a shrunk film wrapper (36) are at least partially coincident with the upper peripheries of the handgrips (26, 126) for providing extra strength. Side walls (18, 118) are integrally connected to the base panels (16, 116) about fold lines (20, 120) and are secured to the end walls (22, 122) by tabs (28, 34, 128, 134). The trays (12, 14) are formed of paperboard and/or corrugated from one or more blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Douglas Machine Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Vollbrecht, Scott P. Leuschke