Patents by Inventor Taroon Mandhana
Taroon Mandhana 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: 10708856Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLCInventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Patent number: 10262039Abstract: In one embodiment, an online social network may receive, from a client system of a first user of the online social network, a search query inputted by the first user; and identify one or more of the entities matching the search query. At least a portion of the entities being identified based at least in part on a recorded geographic proximity between the first user and each identified entity. The online social network may access one or more proximity coefficients for the identified entities from a proximity-coefficient system of the online social network; calculate a score for each identified entity based at least in part on the value of the accessed proximity coefficients for the identified entity and social-graph information associated with the identified entity; and send, to the client system of the first user in response to the received search query, search results for display to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Madhu Ramanathan, Taroon Mandhana, Chun-Yang Chen, Zhongxian Chen
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Patent number: 10255621Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Publication number: 20190090179Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Thomas W. KUEHNEL, Alok MANCHANDA, Taroon MANDHANA, Amer A. HASSAN, Mukesh KARKI, Christian HUITEMA, Yusuf ATAS
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Patent number: 10123262Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Publication number: 20170034773Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Patent number: 9521119Abstract: Software for managing access control functions in a network. The software includes a host that receives access control commands or information and calls one or more methods. The methods perform access control functions and communicate access control results or messages to be transmitted. The host may be installed in a network peer seeking access to the network or in a server controlling access to the network. When installed in a peer, the host receives commands and exchanges information with a supplicant. When installed in an access control server, the host receives commands and exchanges information with an authenticator. The host has a flexible architecture that enables multiple features, such as allowing the same methods to be used for authentication by multiple supplicants, providing ready integration of third party access control software, simplifying network maintenance by facilitating upgrades of authenticator software and enabling access control functions other than peer authentication.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anthony M. Leibovitz, Mark C. Schurman, Mudit Goel, Paul G. Mayfield, Sudhakar Pasupuleti, Taroon Mandhana, Vivek P. Kamath, Wei Zheng, Xuemei Bao
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Patent number: 9503957Abstract: A wireless device that utilizes a single network interface to simultaneously connect to an infrastructure network and a mesh network. The device has a driver layer with a media access control module for each network type. A multiplexing module and transceiver module within the driver can direct received information associated with one of the networks to an appropriate media access control and then to an appropriate network adapter. For transmitted data, the multiplexing module can receive data from the application layer through an appropriate network adapter and route it to an appropriate media access control module for processing. The processed data can be interleaved by the transceiver for transmission.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Jiandong Ruan, Saurabh Mahajan, Alireza Dabagh, Thomas W Kuehnel
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Patent number: 9474015Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, anode to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Patent number: 9432359Abstract: In embodiments of registration and network access control, an initially unconfigured network interface device can be registered and configured as an interface to a public network for a client device. In another embodiment, a network interface device can receive a network access request from a client device to access a secure network utilizing extensible authentication protocol (EAP), and the request is communicated to an authentication service to authenticate a user of the client device based on user credentials. In another embodiment, a network interface device can receive a network access request from a client device to access a Web site in a public network utilizing a universal access method (UAM), and the request is redirected to the authentication service to authenticate a user of the client device based on user credentials.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ryan S. Menezes, Taroon Mandhana, Shankar Seal, Dhiraj P. Gandhi, Aaron Wesley Cunningham
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Patent number: 9270681Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing network profiles and/or access to a network. Network profiles stored in a computer may be deleted and/or a connection to a wireless network may be disabled when a corresponding access period for the network has been exhausted. The access period may define an amount of time, a number of connections, a number of bits or packets of information, or other measure of connectivity to a network and/or maintenance of profile information related to the network that may be limited in some fashion.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew Baron, Taroon Mandhana, Amir Zohrenejad
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Publication number: 20160037429Abstract: A wireless device that utilizes a single network interface to simultaneously connect to an infrastructure network and a mesh network. The device has a driver layer with a media access control module for each network type. A multiplexing module and transceiver module within the driver can direct received information associated with one of the networks to an appropriate media access control and then to an appropriate network adapter. For transmitted data, the multiplexing module can receive data from the application layer through an appropriate network adapter and route it to an appropriate media access control module for processing. The processed data can be interleaved by the transceiver for transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Jiandong Ruan, Saurabh Mahajan, Alireza Dabagh, Thomas W. Kuehnel
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Publication number: 20160036781Abstract: Software for managing access control functions in a network. The software includes a host that receives access control commands or information and calls one or more methods. The methods perform access control functions and communicate access control results or messages to be transmitted. The host may be installed in a network peer seeking access to the network or in a server controlling access to the network. When installed in a peer, the host receives commands and exchanges information with a supplicant. When installed in an access control server, the host receives commands and exchanges information with an authenticator. The host has a flexible architecture that enables multiple features, such as allowing the same methods to be used for authentication by multiple supplicants, providing ready integration of third party access control software, simplifying network maintenance by facilitating upgrades of authenticator software and enabling access control functions other than peer authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Anthony M. Leibovitz, Mark C. Schurman, Mudit Goel, Paul G. Mayfield, Sudhakar Pasupuleti, Taroon Mandhana, Vivek P. Kamath, Wei Zheng, Xuemei Bao
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Publication number: 20150326560Abstract: In embodiments of registration and network access control, an initially unconfigured network interface device can be registered and configured as an interface to a public network for a client device. In another embodiment, a network interface device can receive a network access request from a client device to access a secure network utilizing extensible authentication protocol (EAP), and the request is communicated to an authentication service to authenticate a user of the client device based on user credentials. In another embodiment, a network interface device can receive a network access request from a client device to access a Web site in a public network utilizing a universal access method (UAM), and the request is redirected to the authentication service to authenticate a user of the client device based on user credentials.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Ryan S. Menezes, Taroon Mandhana, Shankar Seal, Dhiraj P. Gandhi, Aaron Wesley Cunningham
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Patent number: 9185627Abstract: A wireless device that utilizes a single network interface to simultaneously connect to an infrastructure network and a mesh network. The device has a driver layer with a media access control module for each network type. A multiplexing module and transceiver module within the driver can direct received information associated with one of the networks to an appropriate media access control and then to an appropriate network adapter. For transmitted data, the multiplexing module can receive data from the application layer through an appropriate network adapter and route it to an appropriate media access control module for processing. The processed data can be interleaved by the transceiver for transmission.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Jiandong Ruan, Saurabh Mahajan, Alireza Dabagh, Thomas W Kuehnel
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Patent number: 9185091Abstract: Software for managing access control functions in a network. The software includes a host that receives access control commands or information and calls one or more methods. The methods perform access control functions and communicate access control results or messages to be transmitted. The host may be installed in a network peer seeking access to the network or in a server controlling access to the network. When installed in a peer, the host receives commands and exchanges information with a supplicant. When installed in an access control server, the host receives commands and exchanges information with an authenticator. The host has a flexible architecture that enables multiple features, such as allowing the same methods to be used for authentication by multiple supplicants, providing ready integration of third party access control software, simplifying network maintenance by facilitating upgrades of authenticator software and enabling access control functions other than peer authentication.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anthony M. Leibovitz, Mark C. Schurman, Mudit Goel, Paul G. Mayfield, Sudhakar Pasupuleti, Taroon Mandhana, Vivek P. Kamath, Wei Zheng, Xuemei Bao
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Patent number: 9112861Abstract: In embodiments of registration and network access control, an initially unconfigured network interface device can be registered and configured as an interface to a public network for a client device. In another embodiment, a network interface device can receive a network access request from a client device to access a secure network utilizing extensible authentication protocol (EAP), and the request is communicated to an authentication service to authenticate a user of the client device based on user credentials. In another embodiment, a network interface device can receive a network access request from a client device to access a Web site in a public network utilizing a universal access method (UAM), and the request is redirected to the authentication service to authenticate a user of the client device based on user credentials.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ryan S. Menezes, Taroon Mandhana, Shankar Seal, Dhiraj P. Gandhi, Aaron Wesley Cunningham
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Publication number: 20150181512Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, anode to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Patent number: 8976795Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas
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Publication number: 20140372232Abstract: A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Alok Manchanda, Taroon Mandhana, Amer A. Hassan, Mukesh Karki, Christian Huitema, Yusuf Atas