Patents by Inventor Steven Philip Larky

Steven Philip Larky 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).

  • Secure provisioning of network services
    Patent number: 9430621
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for secure provisioning of consumer network services. For example, there is a broadband modem for secure provisioning of a network service, where the broadband modem includes a controller having an embedded memory. The controller is configured to enable an unmanaged interface of the broadband modem, to establish a subscription interface link over the enabled unmanaged interface, and to download, over the subscription interface link, a subscriber firmware enabling a managed interface corresponding to the network service. Power cycling the broadband modem erases the downloaded subscriber firmware and disables the managed interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Philip Larky, Jean-Philippe Cornil
  • SECURE PROVISIONING OF NETWORK SERVICES
    Publication number: 20150143547
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for secure provisioning of consumer network services. For example, there is a broadband modem for secure provisioning of a network service, where the broadband modem includes a controller having an embeded memory. The controller is configured to enable an unmanaged interface of the broadband modem, to establish a subscription interface link over the enabled unmanaged interface, and to download, over the subscription interface link, a subscriber firmware enabling a managed interface corresponding to the network service. Power cycling the broadband modem erases the downloaded subscriber firmware and disables the managed interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Philip LARKY, Jean-Philippe CORNIL
  • Systems and methods for secure provisioning of consumer network services
    Patent number: 8972536
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for secure provisioning of consumer network services. For example, there is a broadband modem for secure provisioning of a network service, where the broadband modem includes a controller having an embedded memory. The controller is configured to enable an unmanaged interface of the broadband modem, to establish a subscription interface link over the enabled unmanaged interface, and to download, over the subscription interface link, a subscriber firmware enabling a managed interface corresponding to the network service. Power cycling the broadband modem erases the downloaded subscriber firmware and disables the managed interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Philip Larky, Jean-Philippe Cornil
  • Systems and Methods for Secure Provisioning of Consumer Network Services
    Publication number: 20120317248
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for secure provisioning of consumer network services. For example, there is a broadband modem for secure provisioning of a network service, where the broadband modem includes a controller having an embeded memory. The controller is configured to enable an unmanaged interface of the broadband modem, to establish a subscription interface link over the enabled unmanaged interface, and to download, over the subscription interface link, a subscriber firmware enabling a managed interface corresponding to the network service. Power cycling the broadband modem erases the downloaded subscriber firmware and disables the managed interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Philip Larky, Jean-Philippe Cornil