Patents by Inventor Jami R. Smith

Jami R. Smith 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).

  • Cryptographic device sharing among a plurality of communication links
    Patent number: 8582767
    Abstract: A self-synchronizing cryptographic device can be shared among a plurality of communications links. Blocks of data can be transferred to the cryptographic device, wherein each block of data includes a head portion which is the tail portion of a previous block of data for the same communication link. The head/tail portion is sufficient to reestablish cryptographic synchronization of the cryptographic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventors: Charles C. Hardy, Thomas R. Giallorenzi, Jami R. Smith, Ralph E. Carson, Scott A. Jansa