Patents by Inventor Valentiu Vlad Santau

Valentiu Vlad Santau 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 captive portal remediation
    Patent number: 11750611
    Abstract: Methods to securely remediate a captive portal are provided. In these methods, a processor of a user device detects a connection, via a network, to a captive portal. Based on the detected connection to the captive portal, the processor launches a dedicated secure web browser, and selectively restricts access of the user device to the network in order to only allow, via the dedicated secure web browser, communications related to remediation with the captive portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Valentiu Vlad Santau, Peter Scott Davis
  • SECURE CAPTIVE PORTAL REMEDIATION
    Publication number: 20220006811
    Abstract: Methods to securely remediate a captive portal are provided. In these methods, a processor of a user device detects a connection, via a network, to a captive portal. Based on the detected connection to the captive portal, the processor launches a dedicated secure web browser, and selectively restricts access of the user device to the network in order to only allow, via the dedicated secure web browser, communications related to remediation with the captive portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Valentiu Vlad Santau, Peter Scott Davis
  • Secure captive portal remediation
    Patent number: 11171961
    Abstract: Methods to securely remediate a captive portal are provided. In these methods, a processor of a user device detects a connection, via a network, to a captive portal. Based on the detected connection to the captive portal, the processor launches a dedicated secure web browser, and selectively restricts access of the user device to the network in order to only allow, via the dedicated secure web browser, communications related to remediation with the captive portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Valentiu Vlad Santau, Peter Scott Davis
  • Dynamic split tunneling
    Patent number: 10931561
    Abstract: A computing device dynamically excludes/includes traffic from/in a secure tunnel based on the domain name of the destination of the traffic. The computing device establishes a secure tunnel from the computing device, and receives a request to access a remote resource at a domain name. The computing device resolves the domain name at a domain name server and receives a resolved network address associated with the domain name. The computing device determines whether to send the request inside the secure tunnel or outside the secure tunnel by comparing the domain name to a split tunneling policy. Based on the comparison with the split tunneling policy, the computing device sends the request to the resolved network address either outside the secure tunnel or inside the secure tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Valentiu Vlad Santau, Peter S. Davis
  • SECURE CAPTIVE PORTAL REMEDIATION
    Publication number: 20200358770
    Abstract: Methods to securely remediate a captive portal are provided. In these methods, a processor of a user device detects a connection, via a network, to a captive portal. Based on the detected connection to the captive portal, the processor launches a dedicated secure web browser, and selectively restricts access of the user device to the network in order to only allow, via the dedicated secure web browser, communications related to remediation with the captive portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Valentiu Vlad Santau, Peter Scott Davis
  • DYNAMIC SPLIT TUNNELING
    Publication number: 20180309658
    Abstract: A computing device dynamically excludes/includes traffic from/in a secure tunnel based on the domain name of the destination of the traffic. The computing device establishes a secure tunnel from the computing device, and receives a request to access a remote resource at a domain name. The computing device resolves the domain name at a domain name server and receives a resolved network address associated with the domain name. The computing device determines whether to send the request inside the secure tunnel or outside the secure tunnel by comparing the domain name to a split tunneling policy. Based on the comparison with the split tunneling policy, the computing device sends the request to the resolved network address either outside the secure tunnel or inside the secure tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Valentiu Vlad Santau, Peter S. Davis