Patents by Inventor Samuel H. McLane

Samuel H. McLane 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 automated authentication of a device to a management node of a computer network
    Patent number: 8301887
    Abstract: A first computer-based device is authenticated at a second computer-based device communicatively coupled thereto through use of a unique identifier and an encrypted token, each received from the first device. Following the authentication, configuration information for the first device is sent from the second device to the first device and the first device is authorized to join a network that includes the second device. Further, permissions related to the network may be granted to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kelly, Samuel H. McLane, Ronald Frederick, Dharmendra Mohan, Darrell G. Long
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED AUTHENTICATION OF A DEVICE TO A MANAGEMENT NODE OF A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20080209216
    Abstract: A first computer-based device is authenticated at a second computer-based device communicatively coupled thereto through use of a unique identifier and an encrypted token, each received from the first device. Following the authentication, configuration information for the first device is sent from the second device to the first device and the first device authorized to join a network that includes the second device. Further, permissions related to the network may be granted to the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kelly, Samuel H. McLane, Ronald Frederick, Dharmendra Mohan, Darrell Long