Patents by Inventor Joseph Alfonso KNAPP

Joseph Alfonso KNAPP 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).

  • Privacy preserving message blinding
    Patent number: 11838751
    Abstract: A method for transmitting message frames, comprising: generating, by an end device comprising a processor, a first message frame portion comprising a first plain header; obtaining a device identifier (DevEUI) and a header blinding key (HdrBKey); generating a first header mask using the DevEUI and the HdrBKey; obtaining a first blinded header by applying the first header mask to the first plain header; obtaining a first updated message frame portion by updating the first message portion using the first blinded header; generating a first blinded message frame comprising the first updated message frame portion; and transmitting the first blinded message frame to a network gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Semtech (International) AG
    Inventors: Joseph Alfonso Knapp, Thomas Eirich, Michael Peter Kuyper, Alexandru Mircea Caracas, Thorsten Kramp
  • PRIVACY PRESERVING MESSAGE BLINDING
    Publication number: 20200068390
    Abstract: A method for transmitting message frames, comprising: generating, by an end device comprising a processor, a first message frame portion comprising a first plain header; obtaining a device identifier (DevEUI) and a header blinding key (HdrBKey); generating a first header mask using the DevEUI and the HdrBKey; obtaining a first blinded header by applying the first header mask to the first plain header; obtaining a first updated message frame portion by updating the first message portion using the first blinded header; generating a first blinded message frame comprising the first updated message frame portion; and transmitting the first blinded message frame to a network gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Alfonso KNAPP, Thomas EIRICH, Michael Peter KUYPER-HAMMOND, Mircea CARCAS, Thorsten KRAMP