Patents Assigned to POMIAN & CORELLA
  • PROTECTING CREDENTIALS AGAINST PHYSICAL CAPTURE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150113283
    Abstract: A method of activating credentials that are stored encrypted while inactive. In one embodiment a decryption key is retrieved from a key storage service after the device authenticates to the service by sending a passcode and/or a biometric key, a public key and a signature computed with a private key, the service verifying the signature and comparing a hash of the public key and the passcode and/or biometric key to a reference hash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: POMIAN & CORELLA
    Inventors: Francisco Corella, Karen Pomian Lewison