Patents Examined by Ellen Tran
  • Patent number: 12689506
    Abstract: A method of updating vehicle ownership authorizations in a vehicular system and such a system that includes a memory unit and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit monitors data, provisioned by one or more vehicle sensory systems, related to a vehicle user and to at least one of vehicle access keys, vehicle parking position and further vehicle occupants, evaluates the monitored data, for determining if a vehicle user is unknown and upon determination that the vehicle user is unknown further evaluates the monitored data, for determining an indication of change of vehicle ownership, using data previously registered with the memory unit of the system related to at least one of vehicle access keys, vehicle parking positions, vehicle users and further vehicle occupants. In response to a determined indication of change of vehicle ownership and optional verification thereof, vehicle ownership authorizations are updated in the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignees: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erik Lindberg Nilsson, Anders Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 12683803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for multi-factor authentication of communication device metadata. The system includes a communication device, and a recipient device that work together to authenticate communication device metadata using digital signatures and a user's identity through voice biometrics. User enrolls into the system by providing voice samples, from which a unique voiceprint is created and stored. For authenticating the communication device metadata with user authentication, the user issues a voice command, and the system extracts voice signatures which are compared with the stored voiceprint to verify the user's identity. Upon successful authentication, the communication device metadata is accessed, and corresponding digital signatures are generated. Further, the system authenticates the generated digital signatures and user's identity. If both are verified, the communication device metadata is considered valid and used for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Inventors: Deepak R Chandran, Janaki D Chandran
  • Patent number: 12671569
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing at least one computational operation on an encrypted input by at least one processor of a server in a client-server setting, where parameters of the computational operation are private to the server and the input is private to the client is provided. The method includes receiving, by the server, a ciphertext c of a leveled homomorphic encryption (LHE) scheme as encrypted input. Randomness is homomorphically added by the server to the ciphertext c and the resulting ciphertext b is transmitted to the client. The server receives a refreshed ciphertext b? obtained by the client in a ciphertext refresh procedure including decrypting and re-encrypting the ciphertext b. The server homomorphically removes the previously added randomness from the received refreshed ciphertext b? to obtain a refreshed ciphertext c?. The server performs the at least one computational operation on the refreshed ciphertext c?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claudio Soriente, Dario Fiore, Kasra Edalatnejadkhamene
  • Patent number: 12670268
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising: detecting, by a processor, a remote access session from an accessing device to an accessed device; determining, by the processor, an access session screen-sharing security policy for the accessed device; and preventing, by the processor, the remote access session in response to a violation of the access session screen-sharing security policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fiona Hall-Zazueta, Michael Freed, Jason Trung Hoa Tang, Sravanth Yajamanam
  • Patent number: 12665748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for pooling and analyzing datasets from data providers. The method includes, at the level of each data provider, for each dataset, a first encryption of each variable of the dataset with a first encryption key common to all data providers, and a second encryption of at least each variable of the dataset with a second encryption key specific to the each data provider and shared with an intermediary. The method also includes, at the level of the intermediary, for each encrypted dataset, decryption of the variables with the second encryption key, and a third encryption of each confidential variable with a third encryption key. The method also includes transmission of the datasets encrypted with the third encryption key to an analysis environment for analysis. It also relates to a computer program and a system for implementing such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: BULL SAS
    Inventors: Tobias Nickchen, Waleed Ahmed, Olaf Badstübner, Christian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12647442
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system includes a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium including code that: requests, using a device-specific attestation request, a device-specific attestation of a device; receives, via a secure communication channel, device-specific attestation data from the device as a result of the device-specific attestation; and generates an enhanced attestation object based on the device-specific attestation data. In some embodiments, the enhanced attestation object is used to verify that an execution environment of an application on the device is secure. In some embodiments, a device-specific risk score is generated based upon the device-specific attestation data and an enhanced attestation risk score is generated based on the enhanced attestation data analysis, the enhanced attestation risk score being used to verify that the execution environment of the application on the device is secure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: John Markh
  • Patent number: 12639456
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for implementing a software-based security abstraction engine in a one-way transfer (OWT) system. In examples, data is received at a first device in the OWT system. A first set of policies is identified based on a dataflow identifier associated with the transfer of the data. A policy engine associated with the first set of policies applies the first set of policies to the data to create digital signatures. The digital signatures are evaluated by the security abstraction engine to determine whether the set of digital signatures is valid. If the digital signatures are determined to be valid, a second set of policies is applied to the data. The data is then transmitted to a second device or destination in the OWT system based on the dataflow identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Marino, Jeffrey Allen West, Michael E. Roberson, Justin Collin Robinson
  • Patent number: 12627649
    Abstract: Systems and methods for secure information exchange are disclosed. During setup of an accessory device in association with a voice-enabled device, token data may be generated and signed using a private encryption key by the accessory device. An accessory-device system associated with the accessory device may send a request for account identification including the token data to a remote system associated with the voice-enabled device. The remote system may determine if an application associated with the accessory-device system is enabled, and if enabled, may send the account identification in an encrypted format to the accessory-device system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akshaya Vishnu Kudlu Shanbhogue, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Abraham Martin Passaglia, Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 12627981
    Abstract: Methods are provided, for controlling router security, cyber vulnerabilities and malware. Such methods may be implemented, for example, via a security application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventors: Brigitte Vantieghem, Francis Chlarie
  • Patent number: 12621165
    Abstract: Method and device for authentication of non-revocation. A revocation list includes at least one pair extracted from a signature generated by a revoked entity, where hi is an element of a mathematical group and ki=hixi, where xi is a secret of the revoked entity. A first entity sends, to a second entity, to authenticate itself therewith: a signature generated by the first entity for this authentication; a character string; an element of the group for each pair in the revocation list; and a zero-knowledge proof that the first entity used a secret of this first entity and the character string to obtain the group element for each pair. The second entity rejects the first entity if the zero-knowledge proof is not valid or if, for at least one the pair, the group element is such that Ci=hiA, where A is a known value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventor: Olivier Sanders
  • Patent number: 12619729
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning station configured to decontaminate external storage devices from cybersecurity threats. The cleaning station is configured to scan files in the external storage device using a decontamination means, the decontamination means including one or more anti-virus modules and one or more anti-malware modules. The cleaning station decontaminates the external storage device, and generates an electronic certificate on the external storage device. The cleaning station receives an update signal from a master server, through a management server, which ensures the decontamination means are updated with signatures updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: TYREX US
    Inventors: Gerard Varjaques, Christophe Bourel, Jean Gatignol
  • Patent number: 12602493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method and to a computer program product for the access control of a terminal, private data and other data being stored on the terminal and access to the private data being able to be limited or unlimited, comprising the following steps in the case of unlimited access: capturing an image signal by means of a camera of the terminal; performing a face detection process by means of the captured image signal; and continuously monitoring the number of faces in the captured image signal, which number of faces is determined in the face detection process, the access being limited if the number of faces is greater than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: PP CORPORATE AG
    Inventor: Peter Waneck
  • Patent number: 12603910
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to cybersecurity risk assessment and mitigation for industrial control systems. In an embodiment, a request to perform a cybersecurity assessment of a set of industrial assets is received. Additionally, the set of industrial assets are correlated to industrial asset data associated with the set of industrial assets and a first industrial asset feature set is compared to a cybersecurity rules set to determine a cybersecurity threat level indicator for respective industrial assets from the set of industrial assets. In response to the cybersecurity threat level indicator satisfying a defined criterion, one or more cybersecurity countermeasure actions for the respective industrial assets are then determined based on a comparison between a second industrial asset feature set and a predefined industrial asset feature set for a set of predefined industrial assets associated with one or more predefined cybersecurity countermeasures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Tarun Gupta
  • Patent number: 12598463
    Abstract: A method of discovering components of a wireless network may include transmitting, by a computing system, an account identifier corresponding to an account associated with a cloud network to a credentialing service associated with the account. The method may include receiving a set of credentials from the credentialing service and accessing the cloud network. The cloud network may include a plurality of network components hosted on one or more compute instances. The method may include determining a list of the one or more compute instances within the cloud network. The method may include identifying data associated with each of the one or more compute instances. The method may include determining that a new compute instance of the one or more compute instances is recently instantiated. The method may include generating a record in a database may include at least a portion of the data associated with the new compute instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
    Inventor: Priyanka Goyal
  • Patent number: 12591694
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transaction host, a first peripheral, a second peripheral, a first access controller connected to the first peripheral, a second access controller connected to the second peripheral, and an access control register storing a first access control identifier for the first peripheral and a second access control identifier for the second peripheral. The first access controller to receive an access request for access to the first peripheral by the transaction host, perform an access determination for the first peripheral based at least on the first access control identifier for the first peripheral, and allow or prevent the transaction host access to the first peripheral based on the access determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Uri Segal, Richard Wahler, Artemas Speziale
  • Patent number: 12587358
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a memory configured to store at least one instruction and store a plurality of categorical data whose values are expressed as a plurality of classes for one category, and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to generate the plurality of categorical data into one homomorphic encrypted message, in which the processor is configured to generate a categorical column in which homomorphically encrypted data for each of the plurality of categorical data is located in a plurality of slots, generate mask columns corresponding to each of the plurality of classes to correspond to the number of the plurality of classes, and generate the homomorphic encrypted message by combining the categorical column and the plurality of mask columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: CRYPTO LAB INC.
    Inventors: Junbum Shin, Garam Lee, Younggi Lee
  • Patent number: 12580772
    Abstract: The secure join system includes the first and second information-processing-apparatuses respectively holding first and second data. The second information-processing-apparatus is configured to: create third and fourth vectors in which a hash-value related to a key-value of the first data in a first vector and a ciphertext of the first data corresponding to the key-value in a second vector are rearranged by permutation; and create a fifth vector having a hash-value related to a key-value of the second data. The first information-processing-apparatus is configured to: search for j in which a hash-value of an i-th element of the fifth vector matches a j-th element value of the third vector for each i and create encrypted data in which a ciphertext of a j-th element value of the fourth vector is set when j is found and a ciphertext of a dummy value is set when j is not found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: NTT, Inc.
    Inventors: Koki Hamada, Koji Chida, Masanobu Kii, Atsunori Ichikawa, Junichi Tomida
  • Patent number: 12580731
    Abstract: Aspects and implementations include systems and techniques for encryption and decryption of error-corrected codewords for combined protection against corruption of data and adversarial attacks, including obtaining a block of data that has a first plurality of symbols, generating, based on the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols, wherein the second plurality of symbols includes one or more error correction symbols for the first plurality of symbols, encrypting the second plurality of symbols using a set of symbol-level ciphers (SLCs) to obtain an encrypted plurality of symbols, and using the encrypted plurality of symbols in a computer operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Alexander Hamburg
  • Patent number: 12566896
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC), including multiple registers and functional units for performing operations of the integrated circuit, provides security of register accesses. A bus interface controller coupled to the registers provides read/write access from bus interface. The IC includes a state controller for managing multiple operational modes, and an access control manager coupled to the state controller and the bus interface controller that asserts a dynamic lock over the accesses to the registers according to a selected operating mode and one or more protected addresses of the addressable register space corresponding to the current operating mode. A data screener compares data associated with the read or write accesses to sets of valid or invalid data values for the current operating mode and the protected addresses, and the access control manager permits or denies the read or write accesses in conformity with a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Arun R. Ramani, Amar Vellanki, Brent W. Wilson, Nathan D. P. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 12568374
    Abstract: A cloud computing environment for providing remote secure element services, comprising at least one server, a plurality of secure elements being connectable to the at least one server, each secure element having a secure element identifier and comprising at least one secure element application having a secure element application identifier, each secure element application being uniquely addressable by the at least one server with the secure element identifier of the secure element containing the given secure element application and the secure element application identifier of the given secure element application. A method for providing secure element services performed by the cloud computing environment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Inventor: András Vilmos