Patents by Inventor Bahman Quwami

Bahman Quwami 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).

  • Systems for authentication for access to software development kit for a peripheral device
    Patent number: 8621601
    Abstract: A set of code for a peripheral device is installed on a host device. The set of code is used to control access to the peripheral device from the host device. The set of code also contains one or more subsets of code that can be used by software entities on the host device for access to the peripheral device. A software entity on a host device must be successfully authenticated with the set of code installed on the host device. Once the software entity is successfully authenticated, the set of code will provide access to the one or more subsets of code specific to the software entity. The one or more subsets of code can be used by the software entity to access the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Mei Yan, Chieh-Hao Yang, Bahman Quwami, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan
  • File system filter authentication
    Patent number: 8171310
    Abstract: A software entity on a host device attempting to access protected content in a secure memory device must be authenticated using a challenge/response authentication mechanism before the secure file system can be accessed. A file system filter determines whether requested content is protected. If the content is protected, the file system filter provides a challenge to the software entity and generates a file system filter response using the same challenge. The software entity must then send a software entity response using the challenge to the file system filter. If the file system filter determines that the software entity response matches the file system filter response, the software entity is allowed to access the protected content through a secure file system installed on the host device for the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Mei Yan, Chieh-Hao Yang, Junzhi Wang, Paul McAvoy, Bahman Quwami, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan
  • AUTHENTICATION FOR ACCESS TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT FOR A PERIPHERAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090293117
    Abstract: A set of code for a peripheral device is installed on a host device. The set of code is used to control access to the peripheral device from the host device. The set of code also contains one or more subsets of code that can be used by software entities on the host device for access to the peripheral device. A software entity on a host device must be successfully authenticated with the set of code installed on the host device. Once the software entity is successfully authenticated, the set of code will provide access to the one or more subsets of code specific to the software entity. The one or more subsets of code can be used by the software entity to access the peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Mei Yan, Chieh-Hao Yang, Bahman Quwami, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan