Patents by Inventor Santhosh K. Betha

Santhosh K. Betha 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).

  • NFC-enhanced firmware security
    Patent number: 10805802
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed herein for near field communication (“NFC”) enhanced firmware security. Using an implementation of the technologies disclosed herein, an NFC card or an NFC-equipped mobile device can be utilized to access an NFC-equipped server computer. The server computer reads a login key from an NFC card or an NFC-equipped mobile device. Based upon the login key, a firmware executing on the server computer can determine whether a user is to have administrator access rights, non-administrator user access rights, or no access rights at all to a firmware setup menu provided by the server computer. Based upon the login key, the firmware executing in the NFC-equipped server computer can also identify an operating system to be booted by the server computer. In some configurations, an NFC-equipped mobile device contacts an authorization server to obtain the login key based upon a user's access credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: American Megatrends International, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Yau, Santhosh K. Betha, Sai Kiran Talamudupula
  • NFC-enhanced firmware security
    Patent number: 10321317
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed herein for near field communication (“NFC”) enhanced firmware security. Using an implementation of the technologies disclosed herein, an NFC card or an NFC-equipped mobile device can be utilized to access an NFC-equipped server computer. The server computer reads a login key from an NFC card or an NFC-equipped mobile device. Based upon the login key, a firmware executing on the server computer can determine whether a user is to have administrator access rights, non-administrator user access rights, or no access rights at all to a firmware setup menu provided by the server computer. Based upon the login key, the firmware executing in the NFC-equipped server computer can also identify an operating system to be booted by the server computer. In some configurations, an NFC-equipped mobile device contacts an authorization server to obtain the login key based upon a user's access credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Yau, Santhosh K. Betha, Sai Kiran Talamudupula