Patents by Inventor Andrew John Wurfel

Andrew John Wurfel 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).

  • Secure device for bypassing operating system (OS) security
    Patent number: 11200066
    Abstract: A portable device having a key is interfaced to a host computing device. The host computing device detects the key on the portable device and authenticates a user for using the key. A boot is forced of the host computing device and during the boot a customized image of an Operating System (OS) for the host computing device is loaded into volatile memory of the host computing device and customized security settings are applied to the OS based on a value of the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio Silva, Mustafa Abdulelah, Nicholas Caine, John Tatum Dyal, Andrew Klenzak, Brian Patrick Rogers, Jeremy Cyle Taylor, Andrew John Wurfel
  • Forced device reinitialization without mandatory restart
    Patent number: 10509657
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for forced device reinitialization without mandatory restart. One method embodiment includes receiving, by a first device, a first data communication and responding, by the first device, to the first data communication with a second data communication identifying a state of the first device as a reset state. This embodiment further includes receiving, by the first device in response to the second data communication, a third data communication including data to alter the state of the first device from the reset state to a programmed state. Such embodiments may then implement the data of the third data communication to place the first device in the programmed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Cyle Taylor, Mustafa Abdulelah, Nicholas Caine, Andrew Klenzak, Brian Patrick Rogers, Sergio Silva, Andrew John Wurfel
  • SECURE DEVICE FOR BYPASSING OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) SECURITY
    Publication number: 20190370006
    Abstract: A portable device having a key is interfaced to a host computing device. The host computing device detects the key on the portable device and authenticates a user for using the key. A boot is forced of the host computing device and during the boot a customized image of an Operating System (OS) for the host computing device is loaded into volatile memory of the host computing device and customized security settings are applied to the OS based on a value of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Sergio Silva, Mustafa Abdulelah, Nicholas Caine, John Tatum Dyal, Andrew Klenzak, Brian Patrick Rogers, Jeremy Cyle Taylor, Andrew John Wurfel
  • FORCED DEVICE REINITIALIZATION WITHOUT MANDATORY RESTART
    Publication number: 20190332394
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for forced device reinitialization without mandatory restart. One method embodiment includes receiving, by a first device, a first data communication and responding, by the first device, to the first data communication with a second data communication identifying a state of the first device as a reset state. This embodiment further includes receiving, by the first device in response to the second data communication, a third data communication including data to alter the state of the first device from the reset state to a programmed state. Such embodiments may then implement the data of the third data communication to place the first device in the programmed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jeremy Cyle Taylor, Mustafa Abdulelah, Nicholas Caine, Andrew Klenzak, Brian Patrick Rogers, Sergio Silva, Andrew John Wurfel