Verizon Assigned Patent

Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,178,857) developed by Counterman, Raymond C., Canton, MA, for a “system and method for secure configuration of network attached devices.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method for supplying, to a provider of the device, requirements for information to be stored on a device, obtaining device data for provisioning the device on a network, storing device configuration information on storage associated with the network, receiving a service request from a user of the device, detecting attachment of the device to the network, authenticating the device utilizing a device identifier and shared credentials to enable the device to be configured without storing a network address for configuration in the device, providing network information to the device, and providing configuration information to the device.“

The patent application was filed on November 19, 2007 (11/942,433).