Patents by Inventor Ryan Blossom

Ryan Blossom 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).

  • Publication number: 20210289354
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations such as receiving an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication message addressed to an EAP authentication server from a communication device; extracting information from the EAP authentication message; determining whether to reject a request in the EAP authentication message of the communication device based on the information extracted; and sending an EAP Failure message to the communication device after intercepting an authentication and key agreement message from the communication device based on the determining indicating that the request should be rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul R. Hancock, Ryan Blossom
  • Patent number: 11051167
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations such as receiving an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication message addressed to an EAP authentication server from a communication device; extracting information from the EAP authentication message; determining whether to reject a request in the EAP authentication message of the communication device based on the information extracted; and sending an EAP Failure message to the communication device after intercepting an authentication and key agreement message from the communication device based on the determining indicating that the request should be rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul R. Hancock, Ryan Blossom
  • Patent number: 10834591
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations such as receiving an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication message addressed to an EAP authentication server from a communication device; extracting information from the EAP authentication message; determining whether to reject a request in the EAP authentication message of the communication device based on the information extracted; and sending an EAP Failure message to the communication device based on the determining indicating that the request should be rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul R. Hancock, Ryan Blossom
  • Publication number: 20200128406
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations such as receiving an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication message addressed to an EAP authentication server from a communication device; extracting information from the EAP authentication message; determining whether to reject a request in the EAP authentication message of the communication device based on the information extracted; and sending an EAP Failure message to the communication device after intercepting an authentication and key agreement message from the communication device based on the determining indicating that the request should be rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul R. Hancock, Ryan Blossom
  • Publication number: 20200077260
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations such as receiving an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication message addressed to an EAP authentication server from a communication device; extracting information from the EAP authentication message; determining whether to reject a request in the EAP authentication message of the communication device based on the information extracted; and sending an EAP Failure message to the communication device based on the determining indicating that the request should be rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul R. Hancock, Ryan Blossom