Patents by Inventor Scott Taft
Scott Taft 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).
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Patent number: 11917399Abstract: In one embodiment, a service receives a device registration request sent by an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device executes an onboarding agent that causes the endpoint device to send the device registration request via a cellular connection to a private access point name (APN) associated with the service. The service verifies that a network address of the endpoint device from which the device registration request was sent is associated with an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) or international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) indicated by the device registration request. The service identifies a tenant identifier associated with the ICCID or IMEI. The service sends, based on the tenant identifier, a device registration response to the endpoint device via the private APN.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Elango Ganesan, Michael Freed, Scott Taft Potter
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Patent number: 11824710Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for providing zero-touch deployment (ZTD) and/or adaptive network traffic control policy management for deployed Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In one example, the systems and techniques can include obtaining a network traffic policy from a network traffic control service and obtaining one or more data usage policies from an IoT hub. Data usage measurements can be obtained for a plurality of IoT devices. One or more IoT device traffic policies can be automatically generated based at least in part on the network traffic policy, the one or more data usage policies, and the data usage measurements. The IoT device traffic policies can be used to provision or configure at least a portion of the plurality of IoT devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Scott Taft Potter, David Scott McCowan, Shailendra Bhargava
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Publication number: 20230299979Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for dynamically creating policy-based intermediate certificates to sign device certificates of devices deployed in an enterprise network using ZTD. In one aspect, a method includes receiving network policy information to be used for creating policy-based intermediate certificates, each one of the policy-based intermediate certificates being used by a network controller for signing devices certificates of a different cluster of connected IoT devices; receiving, from an IoT device, a request for registration with the network controller; based on identifying information of the IoT device included in the request, determining one of the policy-based intermediate certificates to sign a device certificate of the loT device; and transmitting, to the IoT device, the device certificate signed using the one of the policy-based intermediate certificates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Scott Taft Potter, David Scott McCowan, Shailendra Bhargava, Michael Freed
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Publication number: 20230275805Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for providing zero-touch deployment (ZTD) and/or adaptive network traffic control policy management for deployed Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In one example, the systems and techniques can include obtaining a network traffic policy from a network traffic control service and obtaining one or more data usage policies from an IoT hub. Data usage measurements can be obtained for a plurality of IoT devices. One or more IoT device traffic policies can be automatically generated based at least in part on the network traffic policy, the one or more data usage policies, and the data usage measurements. The IoT device traffic policies can be used to provision or configure at least a portion of the plurality of IoT devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Scott Taft Potter, David Scott McCowan, Shailendra Bhargava
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Publication number: 20230216734Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to techniques for streamlining the process of configuring IoT devices during their onboarding to a network by eliminating the need for pre-provisioning IoT devices with zero-touch deployment (ZTD) specific configurations during manufacturing. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from an IoT device connected to a ZTD service, a message for establishing a connection to the ZTD service; provisioning, at the zero-touch deployment service, the IoT device with ZTD specific configurations; and completing, at the zero-touch deployment service, initial bootstrapping of the IoT device to establish the connection to the ZTD service using the ZTD specific configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Scott Taft Potter, David Scott McCowan, Shailendra Bhargava
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Publication number: 20230198977Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to techniques for bootstrapping and certificate management of Internet of Things (IoT) devices using a zero-touch deployment (ZTD) service. In one aspect, a method of managing Internet of Thing (IoT) devices includes receiving, at an IoT management component, a bootstrapping request from an IoT device, the request including location information of the IoT device; receiving, from a controller, credential information for the IoT device; generating a policy for bootstrapping the IoT device based at least on the location information and the credential information; and sending the policy to the IoT device for the IoT device to complete the bootstrapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Scott Taft Potter, David Scott McCowan, Shailendra Bhargava
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Publication number: 20230188978Abstract: In one embodiment, a service receives a device registration request sent by an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device executes an onboarding agent that causes the endpoint device to send the device registration request via a cellular connection to a private access point name (APN) associated with the service. The service verifies that a network address of the endpoint device from which the device registration request was sent is associated with an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) or international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) indicated by the device registration request. The service identifies a tenant identifier associated with the ICCID or IMEI. The service sends, based on the tenant identifier, a device registration response to the endpoint device via the private APN.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Elango GANESAN, Michael FREED, Scott Taft POTTER
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Patent number: 11658867Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for providing zero-touch deployment (ZTD) and/or adaptive network traffic control policy management for deployed Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In one example, the systems and techniques can include obtaining a network traffic policy from a network traffic control service and obtaining one or more data usage policies from an IoT hub. Data usage measurements can be obtained for a plurality of IoT devices. One or more IoT device traffic policies can be automatically generated based at least in part on the network traffic policy, the one or more data usage policies, and the data usage measurements. The IoT device traffic policies can be used to provision or configure at least a portion of the plurality of IoT devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Scott Taft Potter, David Scott McCowan, Shailendra Bhargava
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Patent number: 11582601Abstract: In one embodiment, a service receives a device registration request sent by an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device executes an onboarding agent that causes the endpoint device to send the device registration request via a cellular connection to a private access point name (APN) associated with the service. The service verifies that a network address of the endpoint device from which the device registration request was sent is associated with an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) or international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) indicated by the device registration request. The service identifies a tenant identifier associated with the ICCID or IMEI. The service sends, based on the tenant identifier, a device registration response to the endpoint device via the private APN.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Elango Ganesan, Michael Freed, Scott Taft Potter
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Publication number: 20210352472Abstract: In one embodiment, a service receives a device registration request sent by an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device executes an onboarding agent that causes the endpoint device to send the device registration request via a cellular connection to a private access point name (APN) associated with the service. The service verifies that a network address of the endpoint device from which the device registration request was sent is associated with an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) or international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) indicated by the device registration request. The service identifies a tenant identifier associated with the ICCID or IMEI. The service sends, based on the tenant identifier, a device registration response to the endpoint device via the private APN.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Elango Ganesan, Michael Freed, Scott Taft Potter
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Patent number: 7005110Abstract: The present invention provides a more efficient and faster way to prepare tissue samples for sectioning. More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, a tissue sample is embedded in a porous embedding media in a desired orientation, processed, and sectioned all while being held in the porous embedding media. The post-tissue processing step of manual embedding in paraffin is eliminated from the process.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Scott Taft, Kurt Reinhardt, Miroslav Holubec, David Bryant
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Publication number: 20030119200Abstract: The present invention provides a more efficient and faster way to prepare tissue samples for sectioning. More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, a tissue sample is embedded in a porous embedding media in a desired orientation, processed, and sectioned all while being held in the porous embedding media. The post-tissue processing step of manual embedding in paraffin is eliminated from the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2001Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Scott Taft, Kurt Reinhardt, Miroslav Holubec, David Bryant