Patents by Inventor Robert Grayson

Robert Grayson 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: 12010559
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically negotiating a service legal agreement (SLA) between a roaming device and a visited network (VN) in an identity federation. An identity profile provided to a user device by an identity provider (IDP) is accessed by the user device. The identity profile includes a first SLA criteria. An advertisement from the VN indicating one or more SLAs supported by the VN is received at the user device. The advertisement is received before the user device has associated with the VN. The IDP and the VN are part of a same identity federation. It is determined that the SLA supported by the VN satisfies the first SLA criteria. Upon that determination, an acceptance is transmitted by the user device to the VN, and the user device is associated with the VN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm M. Smith, Jerome Henry, Mark Grayson, Robert E. Barton, Bart A. Brinckman
  • Publication number: 20240171616
    Abstract: Differentiated service in a federation-based access network is provided by receiving a set of credentials from a User Equipment (UE) for a wireless network offering a plurality of service levels. In response to determining that the set of credentials indicate a realm associated with a given service level, network access is provided to the UE according to the given service level. In response to determining that the given service level is not a highest service level in the wireless network, a list of one or more preferred realms is transmitted to the UE, where each realm of the list of one or more preferred realms is associated with one or more higher service levels than the given service level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jerome HENRY, Robert E. BARTON, Carlos M. PIGNATARO, Nagendra Kumar NAINAR, Malcolm M. SMITH, Mark GRAYSON, Bart A. BRINCKMAN
  • Patent number: 11979744
    Abstract: Federation policy exchange is provided in response to receiving a sharing query from an Access Point (AP) indicating that an associated wireless network supports federated identities with data sharing, determining whether the sharing query is within sharing preferences; and in response to determining that the sharing query is within the sharing preferences, transmitting, to the AP, a positive response for identity sharing that authorizes collection and sharing of identity data with at least one entity identified in a sharing policy for the associated wireless network. In various embodiments, federation policy exchange includes transmitting a support notification, via an AP, indicating support for federated identities with data sharing within a wireless network associated with the AP; and in response to receiving a first identify sharing preference from a User Equipment (UE) that indicates that negotiation is preferred, transmitting a sharing policy for the wireless network to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Louis G. Samuel, Mark Grayson, Bart A. Brinckman, Robert E. Barton, Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Matthew MacPherson
  • Patent number: 11968242
    Abstract: Differentiated service in a federation-based access network is provided by receiving, with a request for access to a wireless network offering at least a two different service levels based on user identities, a set of user credentials from a User Equipment (UE); forwarding, for authentication, the set of user credentials to an identity provider in an identity federation with the wireless network, wherein the identity provider is independent from the wireless network; in response to determining that the set of user credentials indicate a realm known to be associated with a given service level, providing network access to the UE according to the given service level; and in response to determining that the given service level is not a highest service level in the wireless network, transmitting a list of preferred realms to the UE that are associated with higher service levels than the given service level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Malcolm M. Smith, Mark Grayson, Bart A. Brinckman
  • Publication number: 20240098477
    Abstract: Roaming validation for Access Network Providers (ANPs), and particularly to protecting communications between Stations (STAs) and ANPs while providing roaming validation for ANPs may be provided. An ANP may first register a roaming federation system. The ANP may determine a roaming message based on subscription features of the network, and the ANP may request signing of the roaming message by the roaming federation system. The ANP may receive the signed roaming message from the roaming federation system and send the signed roaming message to a STA. The ANP may then receive a request to connect to the network from the STA and initiate a connection for the STA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Vinay Saini, Bart A. Brinckman, Mark Grayson
  • Patent number: 11918721
    Abstract: An example peritoneal dialysis system is disclosed. The example peritoneal dialysis system includes at least one pump and a memory device configured to store therapy prescriptions including a low ultrafiltration (“UF”) therapy prescription, a first standard UF therapy prescription with a longer duration and a lower dextrose concentration, and a second standard UF therapy prescription with a shorter duration and a higher dextrose concentration. The memory device also stores a schedule indicative as to which of the therapy prescriptions are to be performed on specified dates. The system further includes a logic implementer configured to determine or identify a current date, use the schedule stored in the memory device to select the therapy prescription based on the current date, and control the at least one pump based on the selected therapy prescription to perform a peritoneal dialysis therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Alex Anping Yu, James Grayson, Robert W. Childers
  • Publication number: 20090101711
    Abstract: A secure container (2) has a combination lock (6) that is always operable in response to at least one master key and is also operable on a single occasion in response to a transaction-unique delivery key generated from the master key. The lock (6) also contains processor means (20) for comparing or decoding the delivery key, means (10, 20, 26) for releasing the lock in response to a valid delivery key, and storage means (22) for identifying used delivery keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Delivery Works Limited
    Inventor: Robert Grayson
  • Patent number: 7090408
    Abstract: A ruggedized, snap-together, module securely retains a pair of mutually abutting fiber optic interconnect MT ferrules, that have been joined together by a ferrule aligning pin clamp structure. The module includes a generally rectangular base member having a ferrule retention cavity that is configured to retain a pair of MT ferrules and an associated pin clamp assembly therefor. A cover is configured to engage the base in such a manner that the two MT ferrules are firmly held in their intended face-to-face abutting condition as captured between the base and the cover. A bias compression spring is captured between the cover and the base in a manner that facilitates removal of the cover when it is desired to open the module and gain access to the two MT ferrules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Brief, Ying-Ming Lee, Robert Grayson Wells, James William Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20040070944
    Abstract: A circuit card module to be received in a card chassis includes a host card assembly and a mezzanine card assembly carried in spaced relation by the host card assembly. The host card assembly includes a host card heat sink having an end to connect to the card chassis to conduct heat thereto, and a host circuit card mounted on the host card heat sink. The mezzanine card assembly includes a mezzanine card heat sink, and a mezzanine circuit card mounted on the mezzanine card heat sink. The mezzanine card heat sink has an end to connect to the card chassis to conduct heat thereto in parallel with heat conducted from the host card heat sink to the card chassis. The mezzanine card heat sink may comprise a body adjacent the mezzanine circuit card, and a flexible strap extending outwardly therefrom to connect to the card chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Grayson Wells, Todd David Beak
  • Patent number: 6721182
    Abstract: A circuit card module to be received in a card chassis includes a host card assembly and a mezzanine card assembly carried in spaced relation by the host card assembly. The host card assembly includes a host card heat sink having an end to connect to the card chassis to conduct heat thereto, and a host circuit card mounted on the host card heat sink. The mezzanine card assembly includes a mezzanine card heat sink, and a mezzanine circuit card mounted on the mezzanine card heat sink. The mezzanine card heat sink has an end to connect to the card chassis to conduct heat thereto in parallel with heat conducted from the host card heat sink to the card chassis. The mezzanine card heat sink may comprise a body adjacent the mezzanine circuit card, and a flexible strap extending outwardly therefrom to connect to the card chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Grayson Wells, Todd David Beak
  • Patent number: 5980695
    Abstract: A system for the vacuum distillation of contaminated solvents incorporates a tank for holding a liquid contaminated solvent, a heating chamber surrounding the tank for heating the liquid contaminated solvent into an evaporated solvent, a drift elimination and fractionation device for separating contaminants out of the evaporated solvent, a heat exchanger circuit for cooling the evaporated solvent from the drift elimination and fractionation device, a pump circuit connected to receive the evaporated solvent from the drift elimination and fractionation device and to circulate the evaporated solvent through the heat exchanger circuit, and a control circuit connected to at least the heating element and the pump so as to control operation their based on parameters of a solvent selected to be processed. The control circuit includes a plurality of sensors for monitoring operating conditions of at least the tank, the heating chamber and the heat exchanger circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: TransGlobal Industrial Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffory David Cox, Robert Grayson Martin