Patents by Inventor William C. Gossman

William C. Gossman 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 authenticating an element in a network environment
    Patent number: 7940656
    Abstract: A method for authenticating an element in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request for one or more triplets. One or more of the triplets may be associated with an authentication communications protocol that may be executed in order to facilitate a communication session. The method further includes returning one or more of the triplets in response to the request and initiating the communication session in response to the triplets after proper authentication of an entity associated with the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Das, Michael A. Wright, Joseph A. Salowey, William C. Gossman
  • System and method for network user authentication
    Patent number: 7716723
    Abstract: A system for user authentication includes a gateway operable to receive a user authentication request in an Internet Protocol format from a server. The gateway communicates the user authentication request in a Signaling System 7 protocol to a user registry. The gateway is also operable to receive a user authentication response in the Signaling System 7 protocol from the user registry. The gateway communicates the user authentication response in the Internet Protocol format to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne N. Taylor, Joseph A. Salowey, Michael A. Wright, Amitava Das, William C. Gossman, Gopal K. Dommety
  • System and method for authenticating an element in a network environment
    Patent number: 7310307
    Abstract: A method for authenticating an element in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request for one or more triplets. One or more of the triplets may be associated with an authentication communications protocol that may be executed in order to facilitate a communication session. The method further includes returning one or more of the triplets in response to the request and initiating the communication session in response to the triplets after proper authentication of an entity associated with the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Das, Michael A. Wright, Joseph A. Salowey, William C. Gossman