Patents Assigned to Smartguard, LLC
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Patent number: 9386008Abstract: A process/method is provided, which authenticates electronic devices allowing the installation and utilization of encryption enabling software capable of facilitating a public key infrastructure in combination with electronic devices without need for such encryption enabling software capable of facilitating a public key infrastructure to be installed at the same time as manufacture of the electronic device. The disclosed process/method may then provide a system for monitoring various metrics and statuses of the electronic devices through the manufacturing chain, distribution chain and product lifecycle. The process/method can be utilized to create electronic devices secured with encryption enabling software capable of facilitating a public key infrastructure, free from the security risks inherent with the current method of installing encryption enabling software onto electronic devices, which will render such secured electronic devices suitable for tasks requiring such enhanced security or encryption.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: SmartGuard, LLCInventors: Khashayar Nodehi Fard Haghighi, Sasan Mokhtari, Erik Amundson, Naveen Ranganath, Anthony Sorvari, David Heim
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Patent number: 9177454Abstract: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a laydown area, and having an inner liner. The laydown area can be defined in the spine, and the inner liner or an inner body attached to the cover boards conceals the printed security device from casual observation of its presence. The laydown area can be defined on a surface of a sheet laminated to another sheet to define one of cover boards. The laminated sheets sandwich the printed security device without a surface indication of the presence of the ink-circuit printed security device therein. In another aspect, the thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a surface of the cover board is concealingly covered by the inner or the outer liner.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: SmartGuard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Publication number: 20150052351Abstract: A process/method is provided, which authenticates electronic devices allowing the installation and utilization of encryption enabling software capable of facilitating a public key infrastructure in combination with electronic devices without need for such encryption enabling software capable of facilitating a public key infrastructure to be installed at the same time as manufacture of the electronic device. The disclosed process/method may then provide a system for monitoring various metrics and statuses of the electronic devices through the manufacturing chain, distribution chain and product lifecycle. The process/method can be utilized to create electronic devices secured with encryption enabling software capable of facilitating a public key infrastructure, free from the security risks inherent with the current method of installing encryption enabling software onto electronic devices, which will render such secured electronic devices suitable for tasks requiring such enhanced security or encryption.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: SmartGuard, LLCInventors: Khashayar Nodehi Fard Haghighi, Sasan Mokhtari, Erik Amundson, Naveen Ranganath, Anthony Sorvari, David Heim
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Patent number: 8797164Abstract: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a laydown area, and having an inner liner. The laydown area can be defined in the spine, and the inner liner or an inner body attached to the cover boards conceals the printed security device from casual observation of its presence. The laydown area can be defined on a surface of a sheet laminated to another sheet to define one of cover boards. The laminated sheets sandwich the printed security device without a surface indication of the presence of the ink-circuit printed security device therein. In another aspect, the thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a surface of the cover board is concealingly covered by the inner or the outer liner.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: SmartGuard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Publication number: 20130120146Abstract: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a laydown area, and having an inner liner. The laydown area can be defined in the spine, and the inner liner or an inner body attached to the cover boards conceals the printed security device from casual observation of its presence. The laydown area can be defined on a surface of a sheet laminated to another sheet to define one of cover boards. The laminated sheets sandwich the printed security device without a surface indication of the presence of the ink-circuit printed security device therein. In another aspect, the thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a surface of the cover board is concealingly covered by the inner or the outer liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: SmartGuard, LLCInventor: SmartGuard, LLC
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Patent number: 8350705Abstract: A book product having an outer liner sheet defining spaced-apart opposing front and back covers, and a spine portion having a laydown area therebetween. A plurality of pages attached together on a spine side cooperatively attaches to the spine portion. A security device is disposed between the spine portion and the spine side of the pages in alignment with the laydown area for concealing the security device from casual indication of its presence and held after attachment of the bound pages to the outer liner during normal use thereof for book product purposes.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols
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Publication number: 20120318873Abstract: A book product having a sheet defining spaced-apart front and back covers and a spine portion therebetween having a laydown area that receives a signal responsive tag, and a book block of pages with an adhesive layer on a spine side that cooperatively attaches the pages together and attaches the book block to the spine portion concealing the signal responsive tag within a first thickness of the adhesive in the laydown area and the adhesive having a second thickness of adhesive in the non-laydown area of the spine, with the concealed signal responsive tag being responsive to a signal for inventory or security purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: SMARTGUARD, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, SR.
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Patent number: 8334774Abstract: A book product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a security device positioned on a laydown area on one of the cover boards, an inner liner attached in overlying relation to the one of the cover boards, with the inner liner, the security device, the one of the cover boards, and the outer liner laminated to sandwich the security device concealingly there between, and an interior body cooperatively supported within the book product.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Publication number: 20120146321Abstract: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a laydown area, and having an inner liner. The laydown area can be defined in the spine, and the inner liner or an inner body attached to the cover boards conceals the printed security device from casual observation of its presence. The laydown area can be defined on a surface of a sheet laminated to another sheet to define one of cover boards. The laminated sheets sandwich the printed security device without a surface indication of the presence of the ink-circuit printed security device therein. In another aspect, the thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a surface of the cover board is concealingly covered by the inner or the outer liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SMARTGUARD, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, SR.
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Patent number: 8072330Abstract: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a laydown area, and having an inner liner. The laydown area can be defined in the spine, and the inner liner or an inner body attached to the cover boards conceals the printed security device from casual observation of its presence. The laydown area can be defined on a surface of a sheet laminated to another sheet to define one of cover boards. The laminated sheets sandwich the printed security device without a surface indication of the presence of the ink-circuit printed security device therein. In another aspect, the thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a surface of the cover board is concealingly covered by the inner or the outer liner.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: 7605703Abstract: An intermediate cover board for assembly of bard cover products, in which a primary sheet having a first thickness and opposing planar surfaces defines an opening in a selected portion of the sheet. The opening receives a security device. A pair of opposing secondary sheets each having a second thickness less than the first thickness laminate to the opposing planar surfaces of the primary sheet, so that the security device is enclosed between the laminated secondary sheets that do not display surface indications of the presence of the security device. A method of making the intermediate laminated cover board and a hard cover product made with the intermediate laminated cover board are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: 7602300Abstract: A hard cover product having an outer liner attached to a pair of sheet members disposed in spaced-apart relation to define a gap. One of the hard sheet members defines a receiving zone that receives a security tag. An inner liner attaches overlying the pair of hard sheet members and concealing the security tag within the receiving zone. The gap between the pair of sheet members defines a spine for the hard cover product, whereby the opposing hard sheets defining a front cover and back cover that move together foldably.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: 7557717Abstract: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film security device positioned on a laydown area of one of the cover boards, and on inner liner. In one aspect, the one cover board is a laminate of a pair of opposing sheets for sandwiching the thin-film security device without a surface indication of the presence of the thin-film security device therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: 7411499Abstract: A hard cover product having an outer liner attached to a pair of sheet members disposed in spaced-apart relation to define a gap. One of the hard sheet members defines a receiving zone that receives a security tag. An inner liner attaches overlying the pair of hard sheet members and concealing the security tag within the receiving zone. The gap between the pair of sheet members defines a spine for the hard cover product, whereby the opposing hard sheets defining a front cover and back cover that move together foldably. Methods of making a hard cover product and of making an intermediate board for use in a hard cover product are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: 7233246Abstract: A hard cover product having an outer liner attached to a pair of sheet members disposed in spaced-apart relation to define a gap. One of the hard sheet members defines a receiving zone that receives a security tag. An inner liner attaches overlying the pair of hard sheet members and concealing the security tag within the receiving zone. The gap between the pair of sheet members defines a spine for the hard cover product, whereby the opposing hard sheets defining a front cover and back cover that move together foldably.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: 7183918Abstract: An intermediate cover board for assembly of hard cover products, in which a primary sheet having a first thickness and opposing planar surfaces defines an opening in a selected portion of the sheet. The opening receives a security device. A pair of opposing secondary sheets each having a second thickness less than the first thickness laminate to the opposing planar surfaces of the primary sheet, so that the security device is enclosed between the laminated secondary sheets that do not display surface indications of the presence of the security device. A method of making the intermediate laminated cover board and a hard cover product made with the intermediate laminated cover board are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Smartguard, LLCInventor: Dale Hunt Nichols, Sr.
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Patent number: D530043Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: SmartGuards, LLCInventors: Frederick C. Foote, Jon D. Schiff