Patents by Inventor Akhil Sivanantha

Akhil Sivanantha 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).

  • System for preventing single point of failure in accessing encrypted data
    Patent number: 11138308
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for preventing a single point of failure in accessing encrypted data. In certain embodiments passwords of multiple system administrators are encrypted with a master key to generate encrypted master keys respectively associated with each system administrator. In certain embodiments, the passwords of the multiple system administrators are also one-way hashed to generate multiple one-way hashed passwords respectively associated with each system administrator. In certain embodiments, the user identifiers and plain text passwords may be used to decrypt the master key based on the encrypted master keys and one-way hashed passwords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jagadeesh Sreeram, Akhil Sivanantha, Liviu Rodean
  • System for Preventing Single Point of Failure in Accessing Encrypted Data
    Publication number: 20200089868
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for preventing a single point of failure in accessing encrypted data. In certain embodiments passwords of multiple system administrators are encrypted with a master key to generate encrypted master keys respectively associated with each system administrator. In certain embodiments, the passwords of the multiple system administrators are also one-way hashed to generate multiple one-way hashed passwords respectively associated with each system administrator. In certain embodiments, the user identifiers and plain text passwords may be used to decrypt the master key based on the encrypted master keys and one-way hashed passwords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jagadeesh Sreeram, Akhil Sivanantha, Liviu Rodean