Patents by Inventor Ahmad Saif

Ahmad Saif has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9124561
    Abstract: A method is provided for transferring control of a security module from a first entity to a second entity. The security module has a first security domain controlled by the first entity by at least one first secret control key specific to the first entity, and a second security domain, the second domain containing a private key and a certificate of a public key of a controlling authority. The method includes: receiving a request to obtain the certificate; sending the certificate; receiving data encrypted by the public key of the certificate, the data including at least one second secret control key specific to the second entity; decrypting the data; verifying the data; and if the verification is positive, replacing the at least one first secret control key by the at least one second secret control key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Ahmad Saif, Bertrand Pladeau
  • Patent number: 9071640
    Abstract: The invention consists in a method of selecting an application from a plurality of applications installed in a security module, which method is adapted to dialogue with a communicating device and includes a preliminary configuration step (E0) including a step of determining at least one group of applications with which a group identifier is associated, a step of determining one application per group, and a step of storing configuration information representing the association of a particular application and the identifier of the corresponding group, step (E1) of receiving a selection instruction containing a group identifier sent by the communicating device, and a step (E2) of selecting the application associated with the received group identifier as a function of the stored configuration information. The invention also consists in a security module and a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: David Picquenot, Ahmad Saif
  • Publication number: 20140359295
    Abstract: A method is provided for transferring control of a security module from a first entity to a second entity. The security module has a first security domain controlled by the first entity by at least one first secret control key specific to the first entity, and a second security domain, the second domain containing a private key and a certificate of a public key of a controlling authority. The method includes: receiving a request to obtain the certificate; sending the certificate; receiving data encrypted by the public key of the certificate, the data including at least one second secret control key specific to the second entity; decrypting the data; verifying the data; and if the verification is positive, replacing the at least one first secret control key by the at least one second secret control key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: ORANGE
    Inventors: Ahmad Saif, Bertrand Pladeau
  • Publication number: 20100159905
    Abstract: The invention consists in a method of selecting an application from a plurality of applications installed in a security module, which method is adapted to dialogue with a communicating device and includes a preliminary configuration step (E0) including a step of determining at least one group of applications with which a group identifier is associated, a step of determining one application per group, and a step of storing configuration information representing the association of a particular application and the identifier of the corresponding group, step (E1) of receiving a selection instruction containing a group identifier sent by the communicating device, and a step (E2) of selecting the application associated with the received group identifier as a function of the stored configuration information. The invention also consists in a security module and a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM
    Inventors: David Picquenot, Ahmad Saif