Patents by Inventor Benjamin E. Nick
Benjamin E. Nick 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).
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Patent number: 8885833Abstract: A key recovery request for a device is received at a key recovery service and a particular one-time recovery credential in a sequence of multiple one-time recovery credentials is identified. In the sequence of multiple one-time recovery credentials, previous one-time recovery credentials in the sequence are indeterminable given subsequent one-time recovery credentials in the sequence. A recovery key associated with the device is also identified. The particular one-time recovery credential in the sequence is generated based on the recovery key, and is returned in response to the key recovery request. The particular one-time recovery credential can then be used by the device to decrypt encrypted data stored on a storage media of the device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benjamin E. Nick, Magnus Bo Gustaf Nyström, Cristian M. Ilac, Niels T. Ferguson, Nils Dussart
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Patent number: 8494502Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a secure network. A device can establish a near field communication link with a verified device on a network, wherein the near field communication link can be a secure and/or encrypted link to provision the device without comprising security constraints within the network. An installation component can invoke the transfer of provisioning data to the network via the near filed communication link to secure a wireless connection for the device to the network.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Miller T. Abel, Shai Guday, Benjamin E. Nick
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Publication number: 20120257759Abstract: A key recovery request for a device is received at a key recovery service and a particular one-time recovery credential in a sequence of multiple one-time recovery credentials is identified. In the sequence of multiple one-time recovery credentials, previous one-time recovery credentials in the sequence are indeterminable given subsequent one-time recovery credentials in the sequence. A recovery key associated with the device is also identified. The particular one-time recovery credential in the sequence is generated based on the recovery key, and is returned in response to the key recovery request. The particular one-time recovery credential can then be used by the device to decrypt encrypted data stored on a storage media of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Benjamin E. Nick, Magnus Bo Gustaf Nyström, Cristian M. Ilac, Niels T. Ferguson, Nils Dussart
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Publication number: 20120214414Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a secure network. A device can establish a near field communication link with a verified device on a network, wherein the near field communication link can be a secure and/or encrypted link to provision the device without comprising security constraints within the network. An installation component can invoke the transfer of provisioning data to the network via the near filed communication link to secure a wireless connection for the device to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: MILLER T. ABEL, SHAI GUDAY, BENJAMIN E. NICK
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Publication number: 20110287718Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a secure network. A device can establish a near field communication link with a verified device on a network, wherein the near field communication link can be a secure and/or encrypted link to provision the device without comprising security constraints within the network. An installation component can invoke the transfer of provisioning data to the network via the near filed communication link to secure a wireless connection for the device to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: MILLER T. ABEL, Shai Guday, Benjamin E. Nick
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Patent number: 8014722Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a secure network. A device can establish a near field communication link with a verified device on a network, wherein the near field communication link can be a secure and/or encrypted link to provision the device without comprising security constraints within the network. An installation component can invoke the transfer of provisioning data to the network via the near filed communication link to secure a wireless connection for the device to the network.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Miller T. Abel, Shai Guday, Benjamin E. Nick
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Patent number: 7769995Abstract: Secure network access is provided by connecting a secure network provisioning device to a security authority, acquiring one or more network profiles, configuring one or more network interfaces of the secure network provisioning device with data corresponding to attributes of the acquired network profiles, switching the secure network provisioning device from an acquisition mode to a gateway mode, and connecting the secure network provisioning device to a client device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Corbett, Scott A. Manchester, Benjamin E. Nick, Salim S. AbiEzzi
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Publication number: 20100093278Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a secure network. A device can establish a near field communication link with a verified device on a network, wherein the near field communication link can be a secure and/or encrypted link to provision the device without comprising security constraints within the network. An installation component can invoke the transfer of provisioning data to the network via the near filed communication link to secure a wireless connection for the device to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Miller T. Abel, Shai Guday, Benjamin E. Nick
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Patent number: 7657255Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a secure network. A device can establish a near field communication link with a verified device on a network, wherein the near field communication link can be a secure and/or encrypted link to provision the device without compromising security constraints within the network. An installation component can invoke the transfer of provisioning data to the network via the near field communication link to secure a wireless connection for the device to the network.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Miller T. Abel, Shai Guday, Benjamin E. Nick
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Patent number: 7320092Abstract: A software tool and method are provided which allow an unsophisticated user to easily determine or identify problems in a networked computer system. The software tool comprises a diagnostic component adapted to determine at least one attribute associated with the computer system, and a user interface component adapted to launch the diagnostic component and to render the attribute to a user. The diagnostic component may obtain first information related to a local host computer, and selectively perform one or more tests associated with the local host computer according to the first information. The diagnostic component then determines the attribute according to the first information and/or the test results. A self-healing networked computer system is also disclosed, comprising the diagnostic component and a remedial object adapted to perform one or more remedial actions according to the attribute.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dennis A. Morgan, David V. Gunter, Benjamin E. Nick, Sherwood H. Lawrence
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Patent number: 7159151Abstract: A software tool and method are provided which allow an unsophisticated user to easily determine or identify problems in a networked computer system. The software tool comprises a diagnostic component adapted to determine at least one attribute associated with the computer system, and a user interface component adapted to launch the diagnostic component and to render the attribute to a user. The diagnostic component may obtain first information related to a local host computer, and selectively perform one or more tests associated with the local host computer according to the first information. The diagnostic component then determines the attribute according to the first information and/or the test results. A self-healing networked computer system is also disclosed, comprising the diagnostic component and a remedial object adapted to perform one or more remedial actions according to the attribute.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dennis A. Morgan, David V. Gunter, Benjamin E. Nick, Sherwood H. Lawrence
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Patent number: 6883118Abstract: A software tool and method are provided which allow an unsophisticated user to easily determine or identify problems in a networked computer system. The software tool comprises a diagnostic component adapted to determine at least one attribute associated with the computer system, and a user interface component adapted to launch the diagnostic component and to render the attribute to a user. The diagnostic component may obtain first information related to a local host computer, and selectively perform one or more tests associated with the local host computer according to the first information. The diagnostic component then determines the attribute according to the first information and/or the test results. A self-healing networked computer system is also disclosed, comprising the diagnostic component and a remedial object adapted to perform one or more remedial actions according to the attribute.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dennis A. Morgan, David V. Gunter, Benjamin E. Nick, Sherwood H. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20020144187Abstract: A software tool and method are provided which allow an unsophisticated user to easily determine or identify problems in a networked computer system. The software tool comprises a diagnostic component adapted to determine at least one attribute associated with the computer system, and a user interface component adapted to launch the diagnostic component and to render the attribute to a user. The diagnostic component may obtain first information related to a local host computer, and selectively perform one or more tests associated with the local host computer according to the first information. The diagnostic component then determines the attribute according to the first information and/or the test results. A self-healing networked computer system is also disclosed, comprising the diagnostic component and a remedial object adapted to perform one or more remedial actions according to the attribute.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Inventors: Dennis A. Morgan, David V. Gunter, Benjamin E. Nick, Sherwood H. Lawrence