Patents by Inventor Simon Riches

Simon Riches 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 protection
    Patent number: 7424621
    Abstract: A data storage tape 4 has an associated memory device 3 in which is stored a number of signatures 12 each representative of and associated with a particular data set recorded on the storage medium. By comparing the signatures against either signatures created during reading of the data sets back from the tape or against reference information held on a secure database any tampering or alteration of the data on the storage medium can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Simon Riches, Alastair Michael Slater
  • Data protection
    Publication number: 20020035695
    Abstract: A data storage tape 4 has an associated memory device 3 in which is stored a number of signatures 12 each representative of and associated with a particular data set recorded on the storage medium. By comparing the signatures against either signatures created during reading of the data sets back from the tape or against reference information held on a secure database any tampering or alteration of the data on the storage medium can be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
    Inventors: Simon Riches, Alastair Michael Slater