Patents by Inventor Sree Mambakkam Iyer

Sree Mambakkam Iyer 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: 7876894
    Abstract: In one embodiment, method that can be performed on a system, is provided to security implementations for storage devices. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a separate encryption seed for each of a plurality of separate addressable blocks of a non-volatile storage device, wherein a common encryption method is to encrypt data to be stored on the plurality of separate addressable blocks. In one embodiment, the storage device is a portable storage device. In one embodiment, encryption seed is an Initialization Vector (IV). In one embodiment, the encryption seeds comprise at least one of a media serial number and a logical block address corresponding to the respective block of the non-volatile storage device. In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises storing at least a part of the separate encryption seed of the separate blocks of the non-volatile storage device within the respective blocks of the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: MCM Portfolio LLC
    Inventors: Sree Mambakkam Iyer, Larry Lawson Jones, Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Santosh Kumar
  • Publication number: 20080229005
    Abstract: A digital media. In one embodiment, the digital media devices includes a storage unit/partition that emulates a Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), and optionally, a second storage unit/partition that acts as a Read/Write storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: MCM PORTFOLIO LLC
    Inventors: Sree Mambakkam IYER, Larry Lawson JONES, Arockiyaswamy VENKIDU, Venkatesalu RAJAGOPAL
  • Patent number: 7383386
    Abstract: A digital media. In one embodiment, the digital media devices includes a storage unit/partition that emulates a Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), and optionally, a second storage unit/partition that acts as a Read/Write storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: MCM Portfolio LLC
    Inventors: Sree Mambakkam Iyer, Larry Lawson Jones, Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Venkatesalu Rajagopal
  • Publication number: 20080114994
    Abstract: In one embodiment, method that can be performed on a system, is provided to security implementations for storage devices. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a separate encryption seed for each of a plurality of separate addressable blocks of a non-volatile storage device, wherein a common encryption method is to encrypt data to be stored on the plurality of separate addressable blocks. In one embodiment, the storage device is a portable storage device. In one embodiment, encryption seed is an Initialization Vector (IV). In one embodiment, the encryption seeds comprise at least one of a media serial number and a logical block address corresponding to the respective block of the non-volatile storage device. In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises storing at least a part of the separate encryption seed of the separate blocks of the non-volatile storage device within the respective blocks of the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Sree Mambakkam Iyer, Larry Lawson Jones, Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Santosh Kumar