Patents Examined by Forrest L Carey
  • Patent number: 11889314
    Abstract: A system for associating a device to a user of a service hosted at a remote location may include a device, a WAN, and equipment. The user may identify a wireless network of the device and connect to the device using equipment. An application on the equipment may generate a key and send the key to the device. The device may then connect with the service and transmit the key to the service. The application may disconnect from the device and connect with the service. The application may send a request to the service to associate with the device, sending the key with the request. The service compares the keys received from the device and the application. If the respective keys match, then the service may associate the device to the user of the service. Otherwise, the association is denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Yokum, Aaron Ard, Mark Buster
  • Patent number: 11849325
    Abstract: Methods and network equipment for implementing security mechanism for interworking with independent security anchor function (SEAF) in 5G networks. A method performed by the standalone SEAF comprises receive a first request for a key to secure communication between the UE and a first access and mobility function (AMF) which a user equipment (UE) requests registration, wherein the request includes a first indication that indicates UE supports a standalone SEAF or not; receive, from a second AMF with which the UE requests registration for performing inter-AMF mobility to the second AMF, a second request for a key to secure communication between the UE and the second AMF, wherein the request includes a second indication that indicates the UE supports a standalone SEAF or not; and determine whether or not a bidding down attack has occurred depending at least in part on whether the first indication matches the second indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Noamen Ben Henda
  • Patent number: 11831679
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for detecting signals interfering with satellite signaling and determining a location of the interfering source are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for detecting a signal directed at interfering with satellite signaling includes receiving, by a receiving node, a signal from a signal source, the signal produced by the signal source disguised as a satellite signal; determining an estimated position of the receiving node based on an orbital position of the satellite and a characteristic of the signal; comparing the estimated position of the receiving node with a reference position of the receiving node; determining that the signal source is a spoofing source different than the satellite; and determine a location of the spoofing source in part based on the estimated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Bouthemy
  • Patent number: 11821978
    Abstract: A method of secure wireless ranging between a verifier node and a prover node comprises performing a measurement procedure resulting in a two-way phase measurement and a round-trip time measurement between the verifier node and the prover node. The measurement procedure comprises the verifier node transmitting on the frequency a verifier packet, the prover node receiving the verifier packet and performing a phase measurement of a verifier carrier signal and a time-of-arrival measurement of a verifier frame delimiter, the prover node transmitting a prover packet, and the verifier node receiving the prover packet and performing a phase measurement of the prover carrier signal and a time-of-arrival measurement of the prover frame delimiter. The method further comprises calculating a distance between the verifier node and the prover node based on the two-way phase measurements and the round-trip time measurements for the plurality of frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Stichting IMEC Nederland
    Inventors: Mohieddine El Soussi, Jacobus Romme, Pepijn Boer, Roel Peeters
  • Patent number: 11810211
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing an electronic document processing system, an electronic document generation mechanism, an encrypted digital certificate generator, a tool for coordinating the processing of electronic documents, a packaging mechanism for finalizing and authenticating electronic documents, a tracking log for recording relevant electronic document information, and a transferring protocol for transferring the ownership of electronic documents. The present disclosure also is directed to an electronic authentication system including an electronic document authentication watermark seal or signature line for confirming a document's signing within the view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Citrin Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Paul Rakowicz, Robert Shanahan, Yaakov Y. Citrin
  • Patent number: 11812257
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for wireless communication performed by a wireless communication device. An example wireless communication device includes an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD). The AP MLD transmits a beacon frame to a wireless station (STA) MLD, the beacon frame including a plurality of AP medium access control (MAC) addresses of respective APs belonging to the AP MLD. The AP MLD receives an association request from the STA MLD, the association request including a plurality of STA MAC addresses of respective STAs belonging to the STA MLD. The AP MLD generates, during a handshake operation with the STA MLD, one or more encryption keys configured to encrypt communications between the AP MLD and the STA MLD. The AP MLD verifies the plurality of STA MAC addresses based at least in part on the one or more encryption keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, Jouni Kalevi Malinen, George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Abhishek Pramod Patil
  • Patent number: 11792644
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for session key generation for AV operation are disclosed. In an embodiment, a vehicle service subscriber system generates an entropy. The vehicle service subscriber system is associated with a vehicle service subscriber. The vehicle service subscriber system transmits a synchronization message to a vehicle service provider system associated with at least one vehicle. The synchronization message includes the entropy. The vehicle service subscriber system receives a salt from the vehicle service provider system. The vehicle service subscriber system verifies that the salt was generated using the entropy. The vehicle service subscriber system calculates session keys using the salt. The vehicle service subscriber system receives a protected message from the vehicle service provider system. The vehicle service subscriber system authenticates the protected message using the session keys. The protected message is used to provide a ride involving the at least one vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Michael Maass, Karl Robinson, Garth Scheidemantel
  • Patent number: 11783064
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to detect an access request to access a computing resource while in a system management mode (SMM), determine a bit of a lock register is set to enable access to a bitmap associated with the computing resource, the bitmap to indicate an access policy for the computing resource, and determine whether the access request violate the access policy set in the bitmap. Embodiments may also include performing the access request if the access request does not violate the access policy, and causing a fault if the access request does violate the access policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk D. Brannock, Barry E. Huntley
  • Patent number: 11783047
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an extent of a vulnerability on a computer and remediating the vulnerability. An installed resource set comprising shared software resources installed on the computer is enumerated. A vulnerable resource is identified in the installed resource set. A vulnerable process set including at least one vulnerable process that uses the vulnerable resource is enumerated. And, the vulnerable process is remediated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Hodgman, Jonathan Hart
  • Patent number: 11770369
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods, apparatuses, computer readable media and systems for authenticating a user on a user device across multiple mobile applications. The identity of the user is validated by encoding and subsequently validating cryptographically encrypted data in a shared data store accessible by the mobile applications tied to the same entity. Specifically, the application leverages the authentication process of a trusted mobile application (e.g. a banking mobile application) to authenticate the same user on a untrusted mobile application (e.g. a merchant mobile application).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Vishwanath Shastry, Shalini Mayor
  • Patent number: 11748497
    Abstract: Examples associated with BIOS access are described. One example device includes receiving data associated with a basic input/output system (BIOS) access request. The data may be received by a print device. The access request may be for a computing device. The method also includes printing a set of instructions for accessing the BIOS of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mary G. Baker
  • Patent number: 11729144
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for efficiently detecting threat incidents for cyber threat analysis are described herein. In various embodiments, a computing device, which may be located at a boundary between a protected network associated with the enterprise and an unprotected network, may combine one or more threat indicators received from one or more threat intelligence providers; may generate one or more packet capture and packet filtering rules based on the combined threat indicators; and, may capture or filter, on a packet-by-packet basis, at least one packet based on the generated rules. In other embodiments, a computing device may generate a packet capture file comprising raw packet content and corresponding threat context information, wherein the threat context information may comprise a filtering rule and an associated threat indicator that caused the packet to be captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLC
    Inventors: David K. Ahn, Sean Moore
  • Patent number: 11720802
    Abstract: Embodiments may provide techniques that that may automatically generate a customized SOC rule set for an organization. For example, in an embodiment, a method may be implemented in a computer comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the method may comprise simulating operation of a security incident and event management system by running a plurality of rules of the system on labeled data, determining fitness metrics of the plurality of rules, selecting at least one rule of the plurality of rules based on the determined fitness metrics; modifying the selected rule to form an updated rule, and repeating running the updated rule on the labeled data, determining fitness metrics of the updated rule, and mutating the updated rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Fady Copty, Benjamin Zeltser
  • Patent number: 11704403
    Abstract: Input data for an operating system command of an automation process is received. The operating system command is generated based on the received input data. The generated operating system command is parsed to identify one or more metrics. The identified one or more metrics are automatically evaluated to determine a security risk associated with the generated operating system command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventor: Mohamed Sofiane Talmat
  • Patent number: 11696128
    Abstract: Technologies for systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for reducing the time to complete authentication during inter-technology handovers by reusing security context between 5G and Wi-Fi. Assuming, that the administrative domain for Wi-Fi and 5G match (and belongs to an enterprise for instance), using an already established security context in one technology to do fast authentication in the other technology during handover. Specifically, if UE is on Wi-Fi and handing over to 5G, use its Wi-Fi security context to do fast security setup in 5G, which includes a corresponding method for use when the UE goes from 5G to Wi-Fi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Anand Oswal, Arun G. Khanna
  • Patent number: 11582198
    Abstract: Methods in a cloud object store facilitate strong data encryption, customer-management of object (encryption) keys, reductions in latency, globally-distributed object storage, and handling of streamed uploads. A method for encrypting objects stored in a cloud includes encrypting each object with a unique encryption (object) key. The plaintext object keys are generated in advance of uploads. The plaintext object keys can be stored in an object database in the cloud. Alternatively, the plaintext object keys can be provided to a customer's HSM, encrypted, and returned to the cloud, such that encrypted object keys, encrypted by the customer, are stored in the cloud. The cloud can alternatively encrypt the customer's object keys with a master key for the customer, which is then encrypted by the customer's HSM before being stored in the cloud. Proxies are also deployed for efficiently communicating with customer security modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Egnyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Shetty, Amrit Jassal, Shishir Sharma, Yogesh Rai, Manoj Chauhan, Leszek Jakubowski, Krishanu Lahiri
  • Patent number: 11576023
    Abstract: A communication system provides secure communication between two nodes in a self-organizing network without the need for a centralized security or control device. A first node of the two nodes is provisioned with one or more security profiles, auto-discovers a second node of the two nodes, authenticates the second node based on a security profile of the one or more security profiles, selects a security profile of the one or more security profiles to encrypt a communication session between the two nodes, and encrypts the communication session between the two nodes based on the selected security profile. The second node also is provisioned with the same one or more security profiles, authenticates the first node based on a same security profile as is used to authenticate the second node, and encrypts the communication session based on the same security profile as is used for encryption by the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Shravan Mahidhara, Vasanthi Raghuram
  • Patent number: 11537729
    Abstract: For detecting and preventing cipher key disclosure, a method detects software code in a copy buffer. In response to detecting the software code, the method detects a cipher key in the software code. In response to detecting the cipher key, the method communicates a cipher alert that the cipher key is in the software code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Wentao Li, Igor Stolbikov, Alfredo Zugasti
  • Patent number: 11538122
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing an electronic document processing system, an electronic document generation mechanism, an encrypted digital certificate generator, a tool for coordinating the processing of electronic documents, a packaging mechanism for finalizing and authenticating electronic documents, a tracking log for recording relevant electronic document information, and a transferring protocol for transferring the ownership of electronic documents. The present disclosure also is directed to an electronic authentication system including an electronic document authentication watermark seal or signature line for confirming a document's signing within the view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Citrin Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Paul Rakowicz, Robert Shanahan, Yaakov Y. Citrin
  • Patent number: 11533160
    Abstract: A mobile network operator (MNO) uses a provisioning server to update or install profile content in a profile or electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM). In an exemplary embodiment, the profile is present on a secure element such as an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) in a wireless device. One or more MNOs use the provisioning server to perform profile content management on profiles in the eUICC. In some embodiments, an MNO has a trust relationship with the provisioning server. In some other embodiments, the MNO does not have a trust relationship with the provisioning server and protects payload targeted for an MNO-associated profile using an over the air (OTA) key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Xiangying Yang