Patents by Inventor Yo-Hwa KIM

Yo-Hwa KIM 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: 9697360
    Abstract: A system and method for changing authority for a secure booting operation and an electronic device thereof are provided. The system includes a memory including a plurality of key bit areas in each of which a root key can be received, and a processor core configured to input a new root key to one of the plurality of key bit areas of the memory in response to an external input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yo Hwa Kim, Michael Pak, Chan Kyu Han
  • Publication number: 20170078269
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for managing an application is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to communicate with an external device, a processor includes a normal module and a secure module, and a memory connected to the processor. The normal module of the processor is configured to receive an application package from the external device, and if a secure application is included in at least a portion of the application package, the processor is configured to control for installing the secure application in the memory associated with the secure module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chan Kyu HAN, Kyung Hee LEE, Arnold YAU, Yo Hwa KIM, Dong Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150186651
    Abstract: A system and method for changing authority for a secure booting operation and an electronic device thereof are provided. The system includes a memory including a plurality of key bit areas in each of which a root key can be received, and a processor core configured to input a new root key to one of the plurality of key bit areas of the memory in response to an external input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yo Hwa KIM, Michael PAK, Chan Kyu HAN
  • Publication number: 20140344896
    Abstract: A method of using an electronic device is provided. The method includes comparing, when a request for an access to a resource of the electronic device is identified, a reliability level of a user and a security level of the resource and permitting the access to the resource when the reliability level is equal to or higher than the security level of the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Chin-Hwan PAK, Ji-Hwan SONG, Il-Woong JEONG, Chang-Taek KANG, Yo-Hwa KIM, Ju-Ha PARK, Ga-Jin SONG, Eui-Chang JUNG