Patents by Inventor Paul Daniel Lawrence

Paul Daniel Lawrence 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).

  • Patent number: 9634833
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for gesture-based password entry to unlock an encrypted device. A gesture input from a user to a gesture interface may be received. The gesture input may be converted to gesture data which may be hashed using a hashing algorithm to obtain a table key. A table including a master key may be encrypted using the table key. The master key may include a key for decrypting a primary storage that is at least partially encrypted. A second gesture input may be receive. The second gesture input may be an input from a user to the gesture interface. The second gesture input may be converted to second gesture data which may be hashed using the hashing algorithm to obtain a key equivalent to the table key. The table including the master key may be decrypted using the key equivalent to the table key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: James Brooks Miller, Paul Daniel Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20150372810
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for gesture-based password entry to unlock an encrypted device. A gesture input from a user to a gesture interface may be received. The gesture input may be converted to gesture data which may be hashed using a hashing algorithm to obtain a table key. A table including a master key may be encrypted using the table key. The master key may include a key for decrypting a primary storage that is at least partially encrypted. A second gesture input may be receive. The second gesture input may be an input from a user to the gesture interface. The second gesture input may be converted to second gesture data which may be hashed using the hashing algorithm to obtain a key equivalent to the table key. The table including the master key may be decrypted using the key equivalent to the table key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: James Brooks Miller, Paul Daniel Lawrence
  • Patent number: 7707558
    Abstract: Systems and methods for computer security are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes applying a hook to a kernel of an operating system, monitoring system calls made to the kernel using the hook, and injecting a new entry into a list of files assembled by a loader to create a new process when the hook identifies a create process system call. In another implementation, the method can further include initializing the injected new entry where the injected new entry is operable to examine process files prior to loading, examining the process files, and acting on the process according to a result of the examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Yuen-Pin Yeap, Paul Daniel Lawrence