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Nile Global, Inc.

Nile Global, Inc. appears to be significantly shifting its patent strategy away from core communications infrastructure, with a dramatic decline in filings for Routing, Switching & QoS (down 100.0% YoY in 2026 so far) and Network Management & Monitoring (down 100.0% YoY in 2025). While Wireless Networks remains its largest category at 43.3% of its portfolio, its patenting in this area has also seen a substantial decrease of 58.3% in 2024 and 20.0% so far in 2026, suggesting a broad de-emphasis on traditional networking technologies.

Patent Trend by Technology Area

Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

60 US filings (since 2023) · 10 categories · 13 themes

Automated Network Provisioning

Systems and methods for automatically deploying, configuring, and updating network devices and services, including software updates, client onboarding, and topology management across various network types.

Network Management & Monitoring
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29since 2023
0.0%YoY
IoT Device & Network Management

Methods and systems for monitoring, controlling, and managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and their communication networks, often involving adaptive or intelligent frameworks for data acquisition, relay, and automation.

Web & Cloud Service Protocols
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23since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Network Security & Access Controlfiltered

Methods and systems for protecting network resources and data from unauthorized access, misuse, or attack, encompassing authentication, authorization, encryption, and traffic filtering mechanisms. This includes securing communication channels and validating network access.

Routing, Switching & QoS
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14since 2023
-25.0%YoY
Network Operations, Reliability & Traffic

Techniques and systems designed to monitor network health, diagnose issues, optimize traffic flow, and ensure continuous operation and reduced downtime in complex network environments, including cloud and storage area networks.

Network Management & MonitoringRouting, Switching & QoSWeb & Cloud Service Protocols
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10since 2023
-66.7%YoY
Advanced RF & Beam Management

Techniques and hardware architectures for optimizing the radio frequency (RF) front-end, antenna systems, and beamforming strategies in wireless networks to improve signal quality, capacity, and interference mitigation.

Wireless Networks
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7since 2023
new
Access Control & Identity Management

Systems and methods for authenticating users, devices, or applications, authorizing their access to resources based on policies, and managing digital identities across various platforms.

Network Security & Access Control
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7since 2023
+50.0%YoY
Network Data Management

Systems and methods for collecting, processing, and ensuring the quality and consistency of data used for network monitoring, asset management, and operational decision-making, including conflict detection and reliability scoring.

Network Management & Monitoring
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7since 2023
n/a
Network Intrusion Detection

Systems and methods for identifying and blocking unauthorized access, malicious activities, or abnormal behavior within a network by analyzing traffic, system logs, or behavioral patterns.

Network Security & Access Control
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6since 2023
0.0%YoY
Secure Communication Protocols

Technologies for establishing and maintaining secure communication channels between devices or networks, often employing encryption, secure protocols, or virtual private networks (VPNs).

Network Security & Access Control
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Wall & Ceiling Mounting Systems

Brackets, frames, and fixtures designed to securely attach items to vertical wall surfaces or overhead ceiling structures, addressing challenges like material strength, load distribution, or suspension system integration.

Mounting Frames & Stands
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2since 2023
new
Network Traffic Management & QoS

Techniques and systems for optimizing network traffic flow, distributing loads across multiple paths or resources, and ensuring quality of service based on various criteria like application type, latency, or resource availability. This includes dynamic path selection, congestion control, and resource allocation.

Routing, Switching & QoS
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2since 2023
n/a
Quick-Release & Detachable Mounting

Systems designed for rapid and secure attachment and detachment of devices or components to a main support structure, often employing snap-fit, clamping, or magnetic mechanisms for convenience and flexibility.

Mounting Frames & Stands
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1since 2023
new
Location-Aware Mobile Services

Mobile applications and systems leveraging wireless communication and location data (e.g., GPS, RFID, geo-fencing) to provide context-specific services, transactions, or user interactions.

Wireless Networks
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1since 2023
n/a

Patents

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Network Security & Access Control
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US 20260142975 A1APPLICATION
H04L9/40

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT-BASED DEVICE IDENTITY VERIFICATION

Filed:2024-11-19Pub:2026-05-21
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Network events may be mapped to time sequences of network event type identifiers that may be used by an encoder-decoder model to determine if a network device is authentic or is a spoofing device. The network events may fall into broad categories referred to as event types and the time sequence of event types, which includes the timing between events, may be different for authentic devices compared to spoofing devices. An encoder-decoder model may be trained to detect those differences. In an example, training sets may be generated from network event logs and used to train a sequence-to-sequence RNN type encoder-decoder model and thereby produce a trained event-based device identity verification model that may thereafter be deployed for detecting spoofing devices attempting to or having access to a computer network.

US 20260142871 A1APPLICATION
H04L41/069

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT-BASED DEVICE IDENTITY VERIFICATION ENCODER-DECODER MODELS

Filed:2024-11-19Pub:2026-05-21
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Network events may be mapped to time sequences of network event type identifiers that may be used by an encoder-decoder model to determine if a network device is authentic or is a spoofing device. The network events may fall into broad categories referred to as event types and the time sequence of event types, which includes the timing between events, may be different for authentic devices compared to spoofing devices. An encoder-decoder model may be trained to detect those differences. In an example, training sets may be generated from network event logs and used to train a sequence-to-sequence RNN type encoder-decoder model and thereby produce a trained event-based device identity verification model that may thereafter be deployed for detecting spoofing devices attempting to or having access to a computer network.

US 12483440 B2GRANTED
H04L12/46

Methods and systems for network segmentation

Filed:2022-08-31Pub:2025-11-25
Applicant:NILE GLOBAL, INC.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network segmentation of a network deployed at a customer site involves establishing a tunnel between a network device of the network deployed at the customer site and a network port of a switch of the network deployed at the customer site, when a wired device is plugged into the network port of the switch, transmitting network traffic between the wired device and the network device through the tunnel, facilitating a security operation regarding the wired device, and based on a result of the security operation, performing a network segmentation operation regarding the wired device.

US 20250132953 A1APPLICATION
H04L12/46

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK SEGMENTATION

Filed:2022-08-31Pub:2025-04-24
Applicant:NILE GLOBAL, INC.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network segmentation of a network deployed at a customer site involves establishing a tunnel between a network device of the network deployed at the customer site and a network port of a switch of the network deployed at the customer site, when a wired device is plugged into the network port of the switch, transmitting network traffic between the wired device and the network device through the tunnel, facilitating a security operation regarding the wired device, and based on a result of the security operation, performing a network segmentation operation regarding the wired device.

US 20250016157 A1APPLICATION
H04L9/40

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK SECURITY

Filed:2024-09-24Pub:2025-01-09
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network security involves determining whether a device connected to a network port of a switch of a network is a native device or a non-native device for the network and in response to determining whether the device is the native device or the non-native device for the network, performing native device authentication or non-native device authentication.

US 12107855 B2GRANTED
H04L9/40

Methods and systems for network security

Filed:2022-03-17Pub:2024-10-01
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network security involves determining whether a device connected to a network port of a switch of a network is a native device or a non-native device for the network and in response to determining whether the device is the native device or the non-native device for the network, performing native device authentication or non-native device authentication.

US 12095758 B2GRANTED
G06F9/54

Methods and systems for network device authentication

Filed:2022-01-19Pub:2024-09-17
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network device authentication involves using Remote Procedure Call (RPC) proxies of network devices of a network at a customer site, accessing identity certificates from Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) of the network devices, and using the RPC proxies, sequentially establishing Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections between the network devices to perform mutual authentication between the network devices based on the identity certificates.

US 11902781 B2GRANTED
H04L9/32

Methods and systems of wireless sensor authentication

Filed:2022-12-19Pub:2024-02-13
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of communications involves from a wireless sensor deployed at a customer site, connecting to a wireless access point (AP) deployed at the customer site and based on a private key stored in the wireless sensor, performing mutual authentication between the wireless sensor and an authentication server connected to the wireless AP.

US 11863349 B2GRANTED
H04L12/46

Methods and systems for network segmentation

Filed:2021-09-02Pub:2024-01-02
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network segmentation of a network deployed at a customer site involves establishing a tunnel between a network device of the network deployed at the customer site and a network port of a switch of the network deployed at the customer site, when a wired device is plugged into the network port of the switch, transmitting network traffic between the wired device and the network device through the tunnel, facilitating a security operation regarding the wired device, and based on a result of the security operation, performing a network segmentation operation regarding the wired device.

US 20230388285 A1APPLICATION
H04L9/40

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATIONS

Filed:2022-05-25Pub:2023-11-30
Applicant:Nile Global, Inc.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for communications involves at a cloud server, restricting network access of a user after a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) of the user is transmitted, and at the cloud server, redirecting the user to an identity provider for authentication after restricting network access of the user.

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