Patents by Inventor Ravindra J. Rao

Ravindra J. Rao 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).

  • Data encryption, transport, and storage service for carrier-grade networks
    Patent number: 9577988
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium for storing user preferences pertaining to a data encryption service that provides on-demand encryption for data in-flight and at rest; receiving data from a user device; determining whether to invoke the data encryption service based on the data and the user preferences; generating a key to encrypt the data based on determining that the data encryption service is to be invoked; generating a first message that includes the data, the key, and data indicating where encrypted data is to be stored; establishing a secure connection with a device; and transmitting the first message to the device via the secure connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ravindra J. Rao, Gary R. Francis, Ashay Chaudhary
  • DATA ENCRYPTION, TRANSPORT, AND STORAGE SERVICE FOR CARRIER-GRADE NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160094521
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium for storing user preferences pertaining to a data encryption service that provides on-demand encryption for data in-flight and at rest; receiving data from a user device; determining whether to invoke the data encryption service based on the data and the user preferences; generating a key to encrypt the data based on determining that the data encryption service is to be invoked; generating a first message that includes the data, the key, and data indicating where encrypted data is to be stored; establishing a secure connection with a device; and transmitting the first message to the device via the secure connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ravindra J. Rao, Gary R. Francis, Ashay Chaudhary