Patents by Inventor Shanawaz Shaik
Shanawaz Shaik 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: 9684774Abstract: An apparatus, method and machine readable storage medium, for an authentication server such as a RADIUS server, for authenticating a subscriber are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a request message including a plurality of attributes such as attribute value pairs (AVPs) having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication from the authentication profile object; extracting the plurality of authentication attribute values from the message; pre-processing one or more of the extracted attribute values; and authenticating the request message based on the pre-processed extracted attribute values.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Ramaswamy Subramanian, Tiru Kamar Sheth
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Patent number: 9509693Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving, at an authentication server, a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving a profile object that identifies a first attribute name; reading a first attribute value from a first attribute of the plurality of attribute values, wherein the first attribute carries the first attribute name; generating a first subscription identifier that carries the first attribute value; identifying a first subscriber profile that stores the first subscription identifier; and authenticating the request message based on the first subscriber profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Ramaswamy Subramanian, Tiru K. Sheth
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Patent number: 9319416Abstract: An apparatus, method and machine readable storage medium, for an authentication server such as a RADIUS server, for authenticating a subscriber are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving at the authentication server, a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving from a profile storage, an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication, including a respective associated priority value, from the authentication profile object; extracting attribute values from the request message, corresponding to each authentication attribute; and attempting to authenticate the request message based on each of the extracted attribute value in order of a respective associated priority value until the authentication attempt is successful.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Tiru Kumar Sheth, Ramaswamy Subramanian, Shanawaz Shaik
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Patent number: 9277014Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including: receiving, at the network device, a traffic message including an IP address; identifying the traffic message as belonging to a new session; generating a request message based on identifying the traffic message as belonging to a new session, wherein the request message includes the IP address; transmitting the request message to a policy server; and receiving, from the policy server, a policy message including a policy. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including: receiving, at the policy server, a request message from a network device, the request message including a subscriber IP and a network device identifier; identifying a subscriber session associated with the IP address; recording the network device identifier in association with the subscriber session; retrieving a policy associated with the subscriber session; and transmitting the policy to the network device.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Steve Morin, Shanawaz Shaik, Xiaoning Wang, Aizaz Alam, Ivaylo Tanouchev, Dai Truong, Justin Newcomb
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Publication number: 20160006746Abstract: An apparatus, method and machine readable storage medium, for an authentication server such as a RADIUS server, for authenticating a subscriber are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving at the authentication server, a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving from a profile storage, an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication, including a respective associated priority value, from the authentication profile object; extracting attribute values from the request message, corresponding to each authentication attribute; and attempting to authenticate the request message based on each of the extracted attribute value in order of a respective associated priority value until the authentication attempt is successful.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Tiru Kumar Sheth, Ramaswamy Subramanian, Shanawaz Shaik
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Publication number: 20150324558Abstract: An apparatus, method and machine readable storage medium, for an authentication server such as a RADIUS server, for authenticating a subscriber are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a request message including a plurality of attributes such as attribute value pairs (AVPs) having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication from the authentication profile object; extracting the plurality of authentication attribute values from the message; pre-processing one or more of the extracted attribute values; and authenticating the request message based on the pre-processed extracted attribute values.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Ramaswamy Subramanian, Tiru Kamar Sheth
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Patent number: 9131071Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: receiving a RADIUS accounting request (ACR) start message from a network access server (NAS); establishing a RADIUS session with the NAS; applying rules by a rules engine to information in the ACR start message to determine a traffic detection function (TDF) to be updated; establishing a Sd session with the TDF; and binding the Sd session to the RADIUS session.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Ivaylo Tanouchev, Matthew Yee, Shanawaz Shaik, Kugendran Sabaratnam
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Publication number: 20150180871Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving, at an authentication server, a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving a profile object that identifies a first attribute name; reading a first attribute value from a first attribute of the plurality of attribute values, wherein the first attribute carries the first attribute name; generating a first subscription identifier that carries the first attribute value; identifying a first subscriber profile that stores the first subscription identifier; and authenticating the request message based on the first subscriber profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.Inventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Ramaswamy Subramanian, Tiru K. Sheth
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Patent number: 8995305Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: sending a first Sy spending limit request (SLR) to an online charging system (OCS) without specifying any policy counters; receiving from the OCS a first spending limit answer (SLA) including policy counters and associated status reports for a subscriber; creating an Sy session; determining required policy counters based upon the policy counter statuses; sending a second Sy SLR to the OCS for the required policy counters; and receiving a second SLA including status reports for the required policy counters.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Kugendran Sabaratnam, Ivy Mao, Matthew Yee
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Patent number: 8983429Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method comprising: receiving an event trigger from a policy and charging enforcement node (PCEN) indicating that a subscriber is out of credit; installing temporary PCC rules to handle the out of credit status of the subscriber; receiving an indication that the subscriber has completed a reallocation of credit action; uninstalling the temporary PCC rules and restoring the original PCC rules after receiving an indication of reallocation of credit.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Xiong Xue, Ivy Mao, Shanawaz Shaik
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Publication number: 20140379933Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including: receiving, at the network device, a traffic message including an IP address; identifying the traffic message as belonging to a new session; generating a request message based on identifying the traffic message as belonging to a new session, wherein the request message includes the IP address; transmitting the request message to a policy server; and receiving, from the policy server, a policy message including a policy. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including: receiving, at the policy server, a request message from a network device, the request message including a subscriber IP and a network device identifier; identifying a subscriber session associated with the IP address; recording the network device identifier in association with the subscriber session; retrieving a policy associated with the subscriber session; and transmitting the policy to the network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Steve Morin, SHANAWAZ SHAIK, XIAONING WANG, AIZAZ ALAM, Ivaylo Tanouchev, DAI TRUONG, JUSTIN NEWCOMB
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Publication number: 20140342693Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: receiving a RADIUS accounting request (ACR) start message; applying rules by a rules engine in the PCRN to information in the ACR start message to determine a traffic detection function (TDF) to be updated; determining application detection and control (ADC) rules to be applied to the TDF; and transmitting the determined ADC rules to the determined TDF.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Matthew YEE, Kugendran SABARATNAM, Shanawaz SHAIK
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Publication number: 20140342690Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: receiving a RADIUS accounting request (ACR) start message from a network access server (NAS); establishing a RADIUS session with the NAS; applying rules by a rules engine to information in the ACR start message to determine a traffic detection function (TDF) to be updated; establishing a Sd session with the TDF; and binding the Sd session to the RADIUS session.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Ivaylo TANOUCHEV, Matthew YEE, Shanawaz SHAIK, Kugendran SABARATNAM
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Patent number: 8855125Abstract: A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for handling Network-Request-Support (NRS) and Bearer Control Mode (BCM) at a Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) and a Evolved Packet Core (EPC) gateway node. Embodiments maintain corresponding buffers for NRS values at the PCRN and the gateway and maintain synchronization between them. A gateway sends a credit control request (CCR) message to a PCRN and updates a local NRS buffer at the gateway when a successful credit control acknowledgement (CCA) response is received from the PCRN. Similarly, the PCRN updates a local NRS buffer at the PCRN when a successful credit control acknowledgement (CCA) response is sent to the gateway.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Xiong Xue, Shanawaz Shaik, Steve Rock, Harinath Rachapalli
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Publication number: 20140177533Abstract: A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for handling Network-Request-Support (NRS) and Bearer Control Mode (BCM) at a Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) and a Evolved Packet Core (EPC) gateway node. Embodiments maintain corresponding buffers for NRS values at the PCRN and the gateway and maintain synchronization between them. A gateway sends a credit control request (CCR) message to a PCRN and updates a local NRS buffer at the gateway when a successful credit control acknowledgement (CCA) response is received from the PCRN. Similarly, the PCRN updates a local NRS buffer at the PCRN when a successful credit control acknowledgement (CCA) response is sent to the gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc., Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.Inventors: Xiong Xue, Shanawaz Shaik, Steve Rock, Harinath Rachapalli
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Patent number: 8737202Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: selecting a connection of a plurality of connections; testing the selected connection to determine whether the selected connection is usable; and based on a determination that the selected connection is not usable: closing the selected connection and at least one additional connection of the plurality of connections, and reestablishing the selected connection and the at least one additional connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Kugendran Sabaratnam, Mike Vihtari, Xiong Xue
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Publication number: 20140092739Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) device for implementing a PCC procedure with SDF inputs, the method including: receiving a PCC request with a SDF input; determining if the PCC request is from a user equipment (UE); mapping flow direction information from the SDF input request into a unified flow-direction record stored in the PCRN; generating PCC, ADC, and/or QoS rules based upon the unified flow-direction record; determining if flow direction is defined on an output interface; mapping the unified flow-direction record into a flow-information AVP associated with the generated PCC, ADC, and/or QoS rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Xue Xiong, Kugendran Sabaratnam, Shanawaz Shaik
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Patent number: 8676210Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node of provisioning event triggers. The method may include: receiving, from a requesting node, a request to provision a set of event triggers on a primary gateway; forwarding, to the primary gateway, the set of event triggers; storing the set of event triggers in association with a session; detecting a handover of the session; determining a new primary gateway; and forwarding, to the new primary gateway, the set of event triggers. The method may further include: receiving a message; determining whether the message includes the same set of event triggers; if the message includes the same set of event triggers, refraining from sending the set of event triggers to the primary gateway; and if the message includes a different set of event triggers, forwarding the different set of event triggers to the primary gateway.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Xiong Xue, Shanawaz Shaik, Mike Vihtari
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Publication number: 20140066004Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: sending a first Sy spending limit request (SLR) to an online charging system (OCS); receiving from the OCS a first spending limit answer (SLA) including policy counters and associated status reports for a subscriber; creating an Sy session; storing policy counter data in the Sy session; and making a policy decision based upon policy counter statuses associated with the Sy session.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA, INC.Inventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Kugendran Sabaratnam, Ivy Mao, Matthew Yee
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Publication number: 20140064151Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: sending a first Sy spending limit request (SLR) to an online charging system (OCS) without specifying any policy counters; receiving from the OCS a first spending limit answer (SLA) including policy counters and associated status reports for a subscriber; creating an Sy session; determining required policy counters based upon the policy counter statuses; sending a second Sy SLR to the OCS for the required policy counters; and receiving a second SLA including status reports for the required policy counters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.Inventors: Shanawaz Shaik, Kugendran Sabaratnam, Ivy Mao, Matthew Yee