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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120272079 | POWER SAVING OPERATION OF ALWAYS-CONNECTED WIRELESS ROAMING Methods and apparatuses enable maintaining wireless connectivity while the wireless client device is in a power save mode. The system includes a host operating system (OS) that handles wireless connections while the device is executing in normal operation, and an embedd... | 10/25/2012 |
| 20120226825 | NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL FOR MANY-CORE SYSTEMS In a processor based system comprising a plurality of logical machines, selecting a logical machine of the system to serve as a host; the host communicating with a policy decision point (PDP) of a network to provision a data channel interconnecting the processor based s... | 09/06/2012 |
| 20120102212 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PLATFORM IDENTITY BINDING IN A NETWORK NODE Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for binding various platform identities for a policy negotiation are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 04/26/2012 |
| 20120087344 | QUALITY OF SERVICE RESOURCE NEGOTIATION Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for negotiating quality of service resources in wireless networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 04/12/2012 |
| 20120084411 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING MOBILITY RESISTANT IP TUNNELS USING A MOBILE ROUTER A method, apparatus and system enable a mobile device to roam while maintaining a persistent IP tunnel. Specifically, a mobile router may be utilized to enable a mobile device to maintain a persistent IP tunnel while the device roams. In one embodiment, the mobile devic... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20110154035 | Method and apparatus for client-driven profile update in an enterprise wireless network A technique for allowing client-driven profile updates in a wireless network uses a shared character password and a shared image that is known by both a client device and a network server. In some embodiments, a random character table is generated by a client device and... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110145421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS PEER DISCOVERY AND ENHANCING LINK RELIABILITY FOR WIRELESS PEER DIRECT LINKS A system, method and device may include triggering a direct connection setup based on one or more communication parameters communicated with a mobile device via a fixed device. It may be determined whether the mobile device is a peer. The quality of service with the mob... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110110222 | QUALITY OF SERVICE RESOURCE NEGOTIATION Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for negotiating quality of service resources in wireless networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110040969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC SERVICE NEGOTIATION WITH A UNIFORM SECURITY CONTROL PLANE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK A method and system to facilitate dynamic service negotiation with a uniform and persistent security control plane in a wireless network. In one embodiment of the invention, a node in the wireless network determines each capability provided by each of one or more virtua... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110019556 | Quality of service packet processing without explicit control negotiations Apparatuses, methods, systems, and computer program products to process QoS packets of wireless traffic without explicit control negotiations are disclosed. An embodiment may comprise a mobile computing device with wireless communications capabilities. The mobile comput... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100255869 | Direct peer link establishment in wireless networks Various embodiments of the invention pertain to a communications process through which two wireless network devices in two different networks can establish a direct communications link with each other, so that communications between the two devices do not have to go thr... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100241854 | Method and apparatus for low-power ap-assisted fast wireless roaming using optimized neighbor graphs An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising using optimized neighbor graphs for low-power access point assisted fast wireless roaming by a wireless station (STA) operating in a wireless network.... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100165897 | Reduced Power State Network Processing A network interface controller of a computing device is disclosed that processes network packets without waking the computing device. The network interface controller may detect that a secured connection with an access point has been disconnected and may reconnect to th... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100153763 | Method and apparatus to modulate multi-core usage for energy efficient platform operations An energy efficient multi-core computing device and method are disclosed. According to embodiments of the invention, the processing load on a multi-core computing device may be monitored to determine whether one or more cores on the device may be dynamically shut down. ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100107224 | Techniques for authenticated posture reporting and associated enforcement of network access Architectures and techniques that allow a firmware agent to operate as a tamper-resistant agent on a host platform that may be used as a trusted policy enforcement point (PEP) on the host platform to enforce policies even when the host operating system is compromised. T... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100071032 | Techniques for Authenticated Posture Reporting and Associated Enforcement of Network Access Architectures and techniques that allow a firmware agent to operate as a tamper-resistant agent on a host platform that may be used as a trusted policy enforcement point (PEP) on the host platform to enforce policies even when the host operating system is compromised. T... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090327694 | Methods and apparatus for providing integrity protection for management and control traffic of wireless communication networks Embodiments of the present invention provide a method comprising transmitting, by a communication node, an information element (IE), the IE including a feature field indicating whether the communication node operates in accordance with an integrity protection protocol s... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20080144579 | FAST TRANSITIONING ADVERTISEMENT Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for utilizing a fast transitioning advertisement in wireless networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080089331 | Device, system and method of multicast/broadcast communication An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transmitter to transmit, in response to an incoming multicast communication frame received from a multicast communication source, a multicast acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of the incomi... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080069067 | Apparatus, systems, and methods for mobile client secure session parameter updates Apparatus, systems, and methods described herein may securely update a set of session parameters in a wireless, packet-switched network without having to disconnect a current session and perform a re-association. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080066143 | Method, apparatus and system for isolating a temporary partition on a host A method, apparatus and system enable a temporary partition on a host to be isolated. More specifically, a temporary partition may be initialized in a partitioned host, assigned its own security policy and given the necessary resources to complete a task. Thereafter, th... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080031204 | QUALITY OF SERVICE RESOURCE NEGOTIATION Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for negotiating quality of service resources in wireless networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080022354 | Roaming secure authenticated network access method and apparatus Secure re-authentication of host devices roaming between different connection and/or access points within a network controlled by the same administrative domain is described. Platform overhead associated with exchanging information for authentication and/or validation o... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070294760 | Method, apparatus and system for distributing and enforcing authenticated network connection policy A method, apparatus and system enable distribution and enforcement of authenticated network connection policy. Specifically, in one embodiment, a wireless network may admit manageability cores (“MCs”) that include a manageability feature set, i.e., devices that do n... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070266244 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND METHODS FOR SECURE RESOURCE RESERVATIONS FOR FAST ROAMING Embodiments of an authorization server and method for securely reserving resources in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, access points reserve bandwidth thereon through the verification... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070239875 | Method and apparatus for maintaining local area network("LAN") and wireless LAN ("WLAN") security associations Cooperating entities share a signaling interface. Each entity establishes a security association between itself and an endpoint, and one of the entities transmits keepalive messages over a channel associated with the security association. Chipsets and systems to impleme... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070206535 | Mobile station and method for fast roaming with integrity protection and source authentication using a common protocol Embodiments of a mobile station and method for fast roaming in a wireless network using a fast-roaming protocol are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, the fast-roaming protocol has a predetermined structure i... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070156858 | Method, apparatus and system for platform identity binding in a network node Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for binding various platform identities for a policy negotiation are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070124434 | Network access control for many-core systems In a processor based system comprising a plurality of logical machines, selecting a logical machine of the system to serve as a host; the host communicating with a policy decision point (PDP) of a network to provision a data channel interconnecting the processor based s... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070121947 | Methods and apparatus for providing a key management system for wireless communication networks Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a key management system for wireless communication networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070110244 | Method, apparatus and system for enabling a secure wireless platform A method, apparatus and system enable a secure wireless platform. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention may utilize a secure processing area to enforce security mechanisms on the wireless platform, thus isolating the security measures (e.g., security keys) ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070110245 | Method, apparatus and system for protecting security keys on a wireless platform A method, apparatus and system enable security keys to be processed in a dedicated partition on a secure wireless platform. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention may utilize a secure processing area (i.e., a dedicated partition) to generate security keys an... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070104203 | Methods and apparatus for providing a delayed attack protection system for network traffic Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a delayed attack protection system for network traffic are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070076885 | Methods and apparatus for providing an insertion and integrity protection system associated with a wireless communication platform Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing an insertion and integrity protection system associated with a wireless communication platform are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070064661 | Method, apparatus and system for maintaining mobility resistant IP tunnels using a mobile router A method, apparatus and system enable a mobile device to roam while maintaining a persistent IP tunnel. Specifically, a mobile router may be utilized to enable a mobile device to maintain a persistent IP tunnel while the device roams. In one embodiment, the mobile devic... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070064660 | Techniques for enhanced transition from access point to access point by a mobile wireless device Before a transition from a current access point (AP) to a new AP, a mobile wireless station (STA) may determine mobility capabilities, network infrastructure and resource information that may be used to select a transition mechanism to use via information acquired by th... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070060043 | Wireless communication device and methods for protecting broadcasted management control messages in wireless networks Embodiments of wireless communication devices and methods for protecting broadcasted management control messages from insider forgery in wireless network are generally described herein. ... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070008903 | Verifying liveness with fast roaming In a re-association communications sequence between a mobile wireless device and an access point, a substantially unique may be derived and transmitted to the mobile wireless device in one of the re-association messages. The mobile wireless device may then transmit the ... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070006282 | Techniques for authenticated posture reporting and associated enforcement of network access Architectures and techniques that allow a firmware agent to operate as a tamper-resistant agent on a host platform that may be used as a trusted policy enforcement point (PEP) on the host platform to enforce policies even when the host operating system is compromised. T... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060288204 | Methods and apparatus for providing integrity protection for management and control traffic of wireless communication networks Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing integrity protection for management and control traffic of wireless communication networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 12/21/2006 |
