Patents by Inventor Mor Hoyda Sfadia

Mor Hoyda Sfadia 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).

  • Secure In-Service Firmware Update
    Publication number: 20230351021
    Abstract: A computer system includes a volatile memory and at least one processor. The volatile memory includes a protected storage segment (PSS) configured to store firmware-authentication program code for authenticating firmware of the computer system. The at least one processor is configured to receive a trigger to switch to a given version of the firmware, to obtain, in response to the trigger, a privilege to access the PSS, to authenticate the given version of the firmware by executing the firmware-authentication program code from the PSS, to switch to the given version of the firmware upon successfully authenticating the given version, and to take an alternative action upon failing to authenticate the given version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Mor Hoyda Sfadia, Yuval Itkin, Ahmad Atamli, Ariel Shahar, Yaniv Strassberg, Itsik Levi
  • Secure in-service firmware update
    Patent number: 11741232
    Abstract: A computer system includes a volatile memory and at least one processor. The volatile memory includes a protected storage segment (PSS) configured to store firmware-authentication program code for authenticating firmware of the computer system. The at least one processor is configured to receive a trigger to switch to a given version of the firmware, to obtain, in response to the trigger, a privilege to access the PSS, to authenticate the given version of the firmware by executing the firmware-authentication program code from the PSS, to switch to the given version of the firmware upon successfully authenticating the given version, and to take an alternative action upon failing to authenticate the given version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mor Hoyda Sfadia, Yuval Itkin, Ahmad Atamli, Ariel Shahar, Yaniv Strassberg, Itsik Levi
  • Secure in-service firmware update
    Publication number: 20220245251
    Abstract: A computer system includes a volatile memory and at least one processor. The volatile memory includes a protected storage segment (PSS) configured to store firmware-authentication program code for authenticating firmware of the computer system. The at least one processor is configured to receive a trigger to switch to a given version of the firmware, to obtain, in response to the trigger, a privilege to access the PSS, to authenticate the given version of the firmware by executing the firmware-authentication program code from the PSS, to switch to the given version of the firmware upon successfully authenticating the given version, and to take an alternative action upon failing to authenticate the given version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Mor Hoyda Sfadia, Yuval Itkin, Ahmad Atamli, Ariel Shahar, Yaniv Strassberg, Itsik Levi