Patents by Inventor TK Srinivas

TK Srinivas 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).

  • System and method for controlling network access
    Patent number: 7587588
    Abstract: A system for controlling network access to products. The system includes a security appliance connected to a product under operational control of a first entity, a product connection platform and a user terminal under operational control of a second entity, the product connection platform being accessed by the user terminal, and a trust relationship established between the first entity and the second entity based on predetermined criteria between the first entity and the second entity, the trust relationship being represented by a certificate or public/private key exchange. Authentication of access by a user of the user terminal of the second entity to the product of the first entity is deferred to the product connection platform of the second entity based on the predetermined criteria of the trust relationship, whereupon if authentication is granted, the user is provided access to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Merlon Odell Clemmons, II, Subrata Mazumdar, Robert R Seibel, TK Srinivas, Sriram Chittur Viswanathan
  • System and method for controlling network access
    Publication number: 20060037063
    Abstract: A system for controlling network access to products. The system includes a security appliance connected to a product under operational control of a first entity, a product connection platform and a user terminal under operational control of a second entity, the product connection platform being accessed by the user terminal, and a trust relationship established between the first entity and the second entity based on predetermined criteria between the first entity and the second entity, the trust relationship being represented by a certificate or public/private key exchange. Authentication of access by a user of the user terminal of the second entity to the product of the first entity is deferred to the product connection platform of the second entity based on the predetermined criteria of the trust relationship, whereupon if authentication is granted, the user is provided access to the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Merlon Clemmons, Subrata Mazumdar, Robert Seibel, TK Srinivas, Sriram Viswanathan