Patents by Inventor Karthik Muthukrishnan

Karthik Muthukrishnan 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).

  • Cloud centric application trust validation
    Patent number: 9253185
    Abstract: In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform the method of sending towards a key management device associated with an application service provider for an application, a key request for the application being booted in the cloud network; and in response to the key request, receiving an application specific key for the application, where the key is based on multiple factors associated with the application server. Further, there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform the method of receiving a key request from an application server of a cloud network for the application being booted in the cloud network; in response to the key request, authenticating the request using multiple attributes associated with the application server; and sending an application specific key for the application towards the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Anssi Alaranta, Zahid N. Ahmed, Karthik Muthukrishnan, Mike Beauford
  • Cloud Centric Application Trust Validation
    Publication number: 20140181517
    Abstract: In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform the method of sending towards a key management device associated with an application service provider for an application, a key request for the application being booted in the cloud network; and in response to the key request, receiving an application specific key for the application, where the key is based on multiple factors associated with the application server. Further, there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform the method of receiving a key request from an application server of a cloud network for the application being booted in the cloud network; in response to the key request, authenticating the request using multiple attributes associated with the application server; and sending an application specific key for the application towards the application server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Anssi Alaranta, Zahid N. Ahmed, Karthik Muthukrishnan, Mike Beauford