Patents by Inventor Alan Kennington

Alan Kennington 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).

  • Protecting de-duplication repositories against a malicious attack
    Patent number: 9094195
    Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting de-duplication repositories against a malicious attack are disclosed. One method receives at least one block of data to store in a data storage system. A de-duplication engine comprising a secret key is utilized to generate a secret key hash of the at least one block of data. A comparison of the secret key hash of the at least one block of data with a secret key hash table of previously stored data on the data storage system to identify duplicated data, the secret key hash comparing protecting the data storage system against a malicious attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Leppard, Alan Kennington
  • PROTECTING DE-DUPLICATION REPOSITORIES AGAINST A MALICIOUS ATTACK
    Publication number: 20110083019
    Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting de-duplication repositories against a malicious attack are disclosed. One method receives at least one block of data to store in a data storage system. A de-duplication engine comprising a secret key is utilized to generate a secret key hash of the at least one block of data. A comparison of the secret key hash of the at least one block of data with a secret key hash table of previously stored data on the data storage system to identify duplicated data, the secret key hash comparing protecting the data storage system against a malicious attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew LEPPARD, Alan Kennington