Patents by Inventor Sharon Schwartzman

Sharon Schwartzman 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).

  • Selection of authentication servers based on authentication mechanisms in supplicant attempts to access network resources
    Patent number: 8402531
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for processing access requests in an AAA network. The method includes receiving an access request from a network device, identifying, based upon the access request, an authentication mechanism for facilitating AAA services for the network device and selecting, based on the identified authentication mechanism, a particular server from a plurality of servers that is compatible with the identified authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Schwartzman, Ami Schieber, Victoria Inbar
  • Selection of Authentication Servers Based on Authentication Mechanisms in Supplicant Attempts to Access Network Resources
    Publication number: 20110099624
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for processing access requests in an AAA network. The method includes receiving an access request from a network device, identifying, based upon the access request, an authentication mechanism for facilitating AAA services for the network device and selecting, based on the identified authentication mechanism, a particular server from a plurality of servers that is compatible with the identified authentication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Sharon Schwartzman, Ami Schieber, Victoria Inbar
  • Method and apparatus for selection of authentication servers based on the authentication mechanisms in supplicant attempts to access network resources
    Patent number: 7890992
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for processing access requests in an AAA network. The method includes receiving an access request from a network device, identifying, based upon the access request, an authentication mechanism for facilitating AAA services for the network device and selecting, based on the identified authentication mechanism, a particular server from a plurality of servers that is compatible with the identified authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Schwartzman, Ami Schieber, Victoria Inbar
  • Improving reliability and availability of a load balanced server
    Patent number: 7451209
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for improving reliability and availability of a load balanced server. The apparatus performs and the method provides the steps of monitoring the server's performance; detecting when the server's performance is worse than a failover threshold; and sending a message to one or more clients indicating that the one or more clients should failover to an alternate server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ami Schieber, Sharon Schwartzman, Vicktoria Inbar
  • Method and apparatus for selection of authentication servers based on the authentication mechanisms in supplicant attempts to access network resources
    Publication number: 20060041939
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for processing access requests in an AAA network. The method includes receiving an access request from a network device, identifying, based upon the access request, an authentication mechanism for facilitating AAA services for the network device and selecting, based on the identified authentication mechanism, a particular server from a plurality of servers that is compatible with the identified authentication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Sharon Schwartzman, Ami Schieber, Victoria Inbar