Patents by Inventor Balakrishna Venkataraman

Balakrishna Venkataraman 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).

  • Reference-based card enrollment for secondary devices
    Patent number: 11657386
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reference-based card enrollment for secondary devices are provided. The method includes receiving information of a payment instrument from a first device, transmitting the information of the payment instrument to a payment network, receiving, by the payment system, a unique account reference identification (ID) corresponding to the payment instrument, and using the account reference ID to enable a second device to use the payment instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bharat Dutt, Balakrishna Venkataraman, Aneesh Nainamvalappil, Minseok Park, Chung Liu
  • Apparatus and method for trusted execution environment based secure payment transactions
    Patent number: 10846696
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a secure payment transaction on a mobile device are provided. The method includes determining, using a computer processor of the mobile device, whether a requested operation is a security sensitive operation, and when the requested operation is determined to be a security sensitive operation, executing the requested operation in a secure environment of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An Liu, Shyam Prasad, Abdul Syed Ebrahim, Pai Peng, Balakrishna Venkataraman
  • Method of identifying security and electronic device thereof
    Patent number: 9727732
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for identifying security of an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying a security state of a system binary loaded to a memory of the electronic device based on booting of the electronic device in a second operating system of the electronic device, and sending security state information to a first operating system in the second operating system based on a request from the first operating system of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Se-Hyeon Jang, Peng Ning, Yu-Seung Kim, Balakrishna Venkataraman
  • Method and apparatus for authenticating client credentials
    Patent number: 9635014
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing authentication information on an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving, by the electronic device, a unique key and a certificate matching the unique key in a secure environment of the electronic device, storing the unique key and the certificate matching the unique key in a secure environment of the electronic device, and wherein at least one of the unique key and the certificate matching the unique key identifies the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Balakrishna Venkataraman, Antonios Dimitrios Broumas
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRUSTED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT BASED SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20170061436
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a secure payment transaction on a mobile device are provided. The method includes determining, using a computer processor of the mobile device, whether a requested operation is a security sensitive operation, and when the requested operation is determined to be a security sensitive operation, executing the requested operation in a secure environment of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: An LIU, Shyam PRASAD, Abdul SYED EBRAHIM, Pai PENG, Balakrishna VENKATARAMAN
  • REFERENCE-BASED CARD ENROLLMENT FOR SECONDARY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170053277
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reference-based card enrollment for secondary devices are provided. The method includes receiving information of a payment instrument from a first device, transmitting the information of the payment instrument to a payment network, receiving, by the payment system, a unique account reference identification (ID) corresponding to the payment instrument, and using the account reference ID to enable a second device to use the payment instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Bharat DUTT, Balakrishna VENKATARAMAN, Aneesh NAINAMVALAPPIL, Minseok PARK, Chung LIU
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATING CLIENT CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20150244711
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing authentication information on an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving, by the electronic device, a unique key and a certificate matching the unique key in a secure environment of the electronic device, storing the unique key and the certificate matching the unique key in a secure environment of the electronic device, and wherein at least one of the unique key and the certificate matching the unique key identifies the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Balakrishna VENKATARAMAN, Antonios Dimitrios BROUMAS
  • METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SECURITY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150052342
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for identifying security of an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying a security state of a system binary loaded to a memory of the electronic device based on booting of the electronic device in a second operating system of the electronic device, and sending security state information to a first operating system in the second operating system based on a request from the first operating system of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Se-Hyeon Jang, Peng Ning, Yu-Seung Kim, Balakrishna Venkataraman