Patents Examined by Sameera Wickramsuriya
  • Patent number: 11997089
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for authentication of user devices to a display device are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: authenticating a first user device to a display device, where the first user device is provided with media playback control on the display device in response to the authentication; identifying a second user device in proximity to the first user device; transmitting, from the first user device to the second user device, an invitation message to authenticate the second user device to the display device; and transmitting, from the first user device to the second user device, an authentication token that causes the second user device to request authentication to the display device from the server, where the second user device is provided with media playback control on the display device in response to authenticating with the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Scott Davies
  • Patent number: 10812276
    Abstract: A system and non-transitory computer program product for distributing digital certificates. A request for a digital certificate is received from a requesting system. A deployment challenge is sent to the trust agent running on the requesting system. A response to the deployment challenge is received from the trust agent running on the requesting system. The response to the deployment challenge is evaluated to determine whether the response is correct. The digital certificate is distributed to the requesting system in response to a determination that the response to the deployment challenge is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karunakar Bojjireddy, Sreekanth Ramakrishna Iyer, Sudheesh S. Kairali, Vijay Kalangumvathakkal, Nataraj Nagaratnam, Gal Shachor
  • Patent number: 10102151
    Abstract: A method includes generating a set of virtual-machine-specific (VMS) encryption keys for a dedicated virtual machine, storing the set of VMS encryption keys in a protected memory, storing a first look-up table in the protected memory, and replacing an encryption key stored in a crypto unit with at least one VMS encryption key of the set of VMS encryption keys in an operation mode where the dedicated virtual machine is executed by a processor. The protected memory is selectively excluded from access by operating systems executable on a computer system. The look-up table being accessible only by firmware of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Axnix, Ute Gaertner, Jakob C. Lang, Angel Nunez Mencias