Patents by Inventor Michele Paradiso

Michele Paradiso 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).

  • Method and system to warn the user in the event of potential confidential document security violations
    Patent number: 9251376
    Abstract: A method and system to warn the user in the event of potential confidential document security violations. The method includes using a computer, electronically embedding a digital marker in an electronic document to create a marked document; storing the document on a non-removable non-transitory computer readable medium of the computer; upon a request for transmission of the marked document from the computer or for copying the marked document to a removable non-transitory computer readable medium, determining that the marked document contains the digital marker and displaying a warning on a display unit of the computer of the request based on the marked document containing the digital marker; and allowing the transmission or the copying only upon approval of release of the marked document by a human user of the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Felice Mansi, Michele Paradiso, Valerio Summo
  • Firmware for protecting data from software threats
    Patent number: 9111123
    Abstract: In a method for protecting data, an electronic card device receives encrypted data, the data encrypted using a valid encryption key. The electronic card device stores the encrypted data in a first memory. The electronic card device decrypts the encrypted data using a decryption key. The electronic card device stores the decrypted data in a second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Felice Mansi, Michele Paradiso, Valerio Summo
  • Method and System to Warn the User in the Event of Potential Confidential Document Security Violations
    Publication number: 20150143535
    Abstract: A method and system to warn the user in the event of potential confidential document security violations. The method includes using a computer, electronically embedding a digital marker in an electronic document to create a marked document; storing the document on a non-removable non-transitory computer readable medium of the computer; upon a request for transmission of the marked document from the computer or for copying the marked document to a removable non-transitory computer readable medium, determining that the marked document contains the digital marker and displaying a warning on a display unit of the computer of the request based on the marked document containing the digital marker; and allowing the transmission or the copying only upon approval of release of the marked document by a human user of the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Felice Mansi, Michele Paradiso, Valerio Summo
  • FIRMWARE FOR PROTECTING DATA FROM SOFTWARE THREATS FIELD OF THE INVENTION
    Publication number: 20150006912
    Abstract: In a method for protecting data, an electronic card device receives encrypted data, the data encrypted using a valid encryption key. The electronic card device stores the encrypted data in a first memory. The electronic card device decrypts the encrypted data using a decryption key. The electronic card device stores the decrypted data in a second memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Felice Mansi, Michele Paradiso, Valerio Summo