Patents by Inventor Barry R. Pivitt

Barry R. Pivitt 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 import and export of keying material
    Patent number: 9602500
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method executed by at least one processor of a first computing node comprising: generating a key pair including a first public key and a corresponding first private key; receiving an instance of a certificate, including a second public key, from a second computing node located remotely from the first computing node; associating the instance of the certificate with the key pair; receiving an additional instance of the certificate; verifying the additional instance of the certificate is associated with the key pair; and encrypting and exporting the first private key in response to verifying the additional instance of the certificate is associated with the key pair. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Nayshtut, Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Omer Ben-Shalom, Barry R. Pivitt, Ned M. Smith
  • Secure Import and Export of Keying Material
    Publication number: 20160323264
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method executed by at least one processor of a first computing node comprising: generating a key pair including a first public key and a corresponding first private key; receiving an instance of a certificate, including a second public key, from a second computing node located remotely from the first computing node; associating the instance of the certificate with the key pair; receiving an additional instance of the certificate; verifying the additional instance of the certificate is associated with the key pair; and encrypting and exporting the first private key in response to verifying the additional instance of the certificate is associated with the key pair. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Nayshtut, Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Omer Ben-Shalom, Barry R. Pivitt, Ned M. Smith