Patents by Inventor Alex Mark Semenko

Alex Mark Semenko 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: 11163908
    Abstract: Methods and devices for accessing encrypted data on a computer device may include determining that a current device state of the computer device is locked. The methods and devices may include using a level two encryption key to encrypt data associated with at least one application while the computer device is locked. The methods and devices may include using a temporary decryption key in memory of the computer device to access level two encrypted data while the computer device is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Samarth Sudhanshu Zankharia, Octavian Tony Ureche, Narendra Shripati Acharya, Alex Mark Semenko
  • Publication number: 20200285775
    Abstract: Methods and devices for accessing encrypted data on a computer device may include determining that a current device state of the computer device is locked. The methods and devices may include using a level two encryption key to encrypt data associated with at least one application while the computer device is locked. The methods and devices may include using a temporary decryption key in memory of the computer device to access level two encrypted data while the computer device is locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Samarth Sudhanshu ZANKHARIA, Octavian Tony URECHE, Narendra Shripati ACHARYA, Alex Mark SEMENKO
  • Patent number: 9286152
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for securely obtaining memory content after a device malfunction. For example, applications, components, and/or an operating system of a device may maintain information within volatile memory in a secure manner (e.g., using encryption). When the device malfunctions, such information may be useful for diagnosing what caused the malfunction. Accordingly, memory content within volatile memory may be securely retrieved, encrypted, and/or stored before such memory content is flushed/removed from volatile memory. For example, a warm reset is performed to initially reboot the device without removing memory content from volatile memory. The memory content may be retrieved and encrypted to create encrypted memory content that may be stored within nonvolatile memory for later access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Mark Semenko, Kirsten Valery Stark, Innokentiy Basmov, Kevin Chin, Scott Chao-Chueh Lee
  • Publication number: 20140372740
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for securely obtaining memory content after a device malfunction. For example, applications, components, and/or an operating system of a device may maintain information within volatile memory in a secure manner (e.g., using encryption). When the device malfunctions, such information may be useful for diagnosing what caused the malfunction. Accordingly, memory content within volatile memory may be securely retrieved, encrypted, and/or stored before such memory content is flushed/removed from volatile memory. For example, a warm reset is performed to initially reboot the device without removing memory content from volatile memory. The memory content may be retrieved and encrypted to create encrypted memory content that may be stored within nonvolatile memory for later access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Alex Mark Semenko, Kirsten Valery Stark, Innokentiy Basmov, Kevin Chin, Scott Chao-Chueh Lee