Patents by Inventor Jinheng Xu

Jinheng Xu 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).

  • Automated methods and systems for performing host attestation using a smart network interface controller
    Patent number: 11917083
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to automated processes for attesting to trustworthiness of a host considered for connection to a data center network. The attestation process is performed in two attestation phases. In the first phase, attestation is performed on a smart network interface controller (“SNIC”) connected to an internal bus of the host using a first trusted platform module (“TPM”) of the SNIC. In the second phase, attestation is performed on the host by the SNIC using a second TPM connected to the internal bus of the host in response to a determination that the SNIC is trustworthy. The host is connected to the data center network in response to a determination by the SNIC that the host is trustworthy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Niu Bing, Jin He, Jinheng Xu, Li He, Juan Liu, Xiangjun Song
  • AUTOMATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING HOST ATTESTATION USING A SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20230188362
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to automated processes for attesting to trustworthiness of a host considered for connection to a data center network. The attestation process is performed in two attestation phases. In the first phase, attestation is performed on a smart network interface controller (“SNIC”) connected to an internal bus of the host using a first trusted platform module (“TPM”) of the SNIC. In the second phase, attestation is performed on the host by the SNIC using a second TPM connected to the internal bus of the host in response to a determination that the SNIC is trustworthy. The host is connected to the data center network in response to a determination by the SNIC that the host is trustworthy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing Niu, Jin He, Jinheng Xu, Li He, Juan Liu, Xiangjun Song