Patents by Inventor Stuart Hoggan

Stuart Hoggan 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).

  • Patent number: 9800581
    Abstract: Automated provisioning and/or authentication of a device to a wireless access point is contemplated. The automated provisioning may be performed in a manner that enables the device to receive provisioning instructions in accordance with HotSpot 2.0, Passpoint or other Wi-Fi related protocols and standards without having to input identification or other user-specific information like a username and password combination. The authentication may be performed in a manner sufficient to enable service-level differentiation for the provisioned devices and/or other devices desiring wireless access, such as but not necessary limited to facilitating assigning different bandwidth speed/priorities according to a service agreement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart Hoggan
  • Publication number: 20170223013
    Abstract: A method for automatically attaching a purpose-built electronic device to a provider network includes steps of discovering, by a Wi-Fi module of the purpose-built electronic device, a wireless data network in operable communication with the provider network selecting, by the Wi-Fi module, the wireless data network, transmitting a primary authentication certificate from the Wi-Fi module to an authentication, authorization, and accounting server of the provider network, receiving, by an application server of the provider network, a secondary authentication certificate from a functionality module of the purpose-built electronic device authenticating, by the provider network, the primary and secondary authentication certificates, and attaching the purpose-built device to the provider network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Ralph William Brown, Bernard McKibben, Stuart Hoggan, Brian Alexander Scriber
  • Publication number: 20170195703
    Abstract: A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Seetharama R. Durbha, Oscar Marcia, Stuart Hoggan, Simon Krauss
  • Patent number: 9602425
    Abstract: A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Seetharama R. Durbha, Oscar Marcia, Stuart Hoggan, Simon Krauss
  • Publication number: 20160087973
    Abstract: Authenticating devices utilizing Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to facilitate exchange of authentication information or other data to permit or otherwise enable access to services requiring authentication credentials, certificates, tokens or other information. The authentication may utilize Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) certificates, Diffie-Hellman (DH) parameters or other information available to the authenticating devices, optionally without requiring device requesting authentication to obtain an X.509 certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Darshak Thakore, Stuart Hoggan, Dave Belt, Amol Bhagwat
  • Patent number: 9203832
    Abstract: Authenticating devices utilizing Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to facilitate exchange of authentication information or other data to permit or otherwise enable access to services requiring authentication credentials, certificates, tokens or other information. The authentication may utilize Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) certificates, Diffie-Hellman (DH) parameters or other information available to the authenticating devices, optionally without requiring device requesting authentication to obtain an X.509 certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Darshak Thakore, Stuart Hoggan, Dave Belt, Amol Bhagwat
  • Publication number: 20150264051
    Abstract: Automated provisioning and/or authentication of a device to a wireless access point is contemplated. The automated provisioning may be performed in a manner that enables the device to receive provisioning instructions in accordance with HotSpot 2.0, Passpoint or other Wi-Fi related protocols and standards without having to input identification or other user-specific information like a username and password combination. The authentication may be performed in a manner sufficient to enable service-level differentiation for the provisioned devices and/or other devices desiring wireless access, such as but not necessary limited to facilitating assigning different bandwidth speed/priorities according to a service agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Stuart Hoggan
  • Patent number: 8887256
    Abstract: Providing virtual private network (VPN) sessions or other types of secure or private access to data when a client authorized to access the data travels or otherwise roams from a home network to a partner network is contemplated. The VPN session may be established as part of or as a result of an authentication process undertaken by the client when gaining access to the partner network, such as but not necessarily limited to a home network authentication process undertaken at the partner network to authenticate the client to access partner network services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Stuart Hoggan
  • Publication number: 20140310416
    Abstract: A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Seetharama R. Durbha, Oscar Marcia, Stuart Hoggan, Simon Krauss
  • Publication number: 20140282957
    Abstract: Authenticating devices utilizing Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to facilitate exchange of authentication information or other data to permit or otherwise enable access to services requiring authentication credentials, certificates, tokens or other information. The authentication may utilize Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) certificates, Diffie-Hellman (DH) parameters or other information available to the authenticating devices, optionally without requiring device requesting authentication to obtain an X.509 certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Darshak Thakore, Stuart Hoggan, Dave Belt, Amol Bhagwat
  • Patent number: 8839376
    Abstract: Authorizing an application to access web services or other electronic services is contemplated. Authorization of application may include requiring the application to successfully obtain an appToken and a userToken. The appToken may be provided by an application administrator to attest to an authenticity or level of trust with the application. The userToken may be issued by an identity provider (IdP) attest to an authenticity or level of trust with a user of the application. A service provider sourcing the services may analyze the appToken and userToken to determine content available to application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Seetharama Rao V. Durbha, Stuart Hoggan
  • Patent number: 8824372
    Abstract: Providing access to online services is contemplated. The online services authorized for access may be limited or controlled according to a location of an access point used to facilitate access to the online services. This location based authorization may be useful in providing access to online services that have location dependent restraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Hoggan, Bernard R. McKibben
  • Patent number: 8793769
    Abstract: A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Marcia, Stuart Hoggan, Simon Krauss
  • Publication number: 20140003334
    Abstract: Providing access to online services is contemplated. The online services authorized for access may be limited or controlled according to a location of an access point used to facilitate access to the online services. This location based authorization may be useful in providing access to online services that have location dependent restraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Hoggan, Bernard R. McKibben
  • Publication number: 20140007198
    Abstract: Authorizing an application to access web services or other electronic services is contemplated. Authorization of application may include requiring the application to successfully obtain an appToken and a userToken. The appToken may be provided by an application administrator to attest to an authenticity or level of trust with the application. The userToken may be issued by an identity provider (IdP) attest to an authenticity or level of trust with a user of the application. A service provider sourcing the services may analyze the appToken and userToken to determine content available to application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Seetharama Rao V. Durbha, Stuart Hoggan
  • Publication number: 20130312074
    Abstract: Providing virtual private network (VPN) sessions or other types of secure or private access to data when a client authorized to access the data travels or otherwise roams from a home network to a partner network is contemplated. The VPN session may be established as part of or as a result of an authentication process undertaken by the client when gaining access to the partner network, such as but not necessarily limited to a home network authentication process undertaken at the partner network to authenticate the client to access partner network services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Stuart Hoggan
  • Patent number: 8391277
    Abstract: A base station and system configured to support interfacing digital and analog devices with a legacy alarm system in a manner that allows messages from the legacy alarm system to pre-empt other messaging, if needed, when the messaging takes place through the same gateway as that which is used by the legacy alarm system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep Sharma, Bernard McKibben, Sumanth Channabasappa, Eduardo Cardona, Stuart Hoggan
  • Publication number: 20110158406
    Abstract: A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Marcia, Stuart Hoggan, Simon Krauss
  • Publication number: 20110044318
    Abstract: A base station and system configured to support interfacing digital and analog devices with a legacy alarm system in a manner that allows messages from the legacy alarm system to pre-empt other messaging, if needed, when the messaging takes place through the same gateway as that which is used by the legacy alarm system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep Sharma, Bernard McKibben, Sumanth Channabasappa, Eduardo Cardona, Stuart Hoggan