Patents by Inventor Blair Yochim

Blair Yochim 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: 7742601
    Abstract: A method of securely communicating a digital message between first and second information processing devices. The first and second information processing devices each continuously and sequentially generate and store, in real time, the digits of a pseudo-random number such that the number of digits in the pseudo-random number generated by the first processing device and the second processing device increases with time. The first information processing device generating an encrypted message by calculating a function of the digital message and the sequentially generated digits of the pseudo-random number, the calculated function being the encrypted message. The first information processing device communicates the encrypted message to the second information processing device. The second information processing device decrypts the encrypted message by calculating the inverse of the function to obtain the digital message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Blair Yochim
  • Publication number: 20080025505
    Abstract: A method of securely communicating a digital message between first and second information processing devices. The first and second information processing devices each continuously and sequentially generate and store, in real time, the digits of a pseudo-random number such that the number of digits in the pseudo-random number generated by the first processing device and the second processing device increases with time. The first information processing device generating an encrypted message by calculating a function of the digital message and the sequentially generated digits of the pseudo-random number, the calculated function being the encrypted message. The first information processing device communicates the encrypted message to the second information processing device. The second information processing device decrypts the encrypted message by calculating the inverse of the function to obtain the digital message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Blair Yochim
  • Patent number: 7248699
    Abstract: Prior methods of encryption can be broken by sufficiently powerful decryption techniques. The present invention provides a method of making decryption practically extremely difficult. It involves having synchronized processors continuously calculate a defined pseudo-random number and communicate the message by adding it to the sequentially continuously calculated number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Blair Yochim
  • Publication number: 20030115449
    Abstract: Prior methods of encryption can be broken by sufficiently powerful decryption techniques. The present invention provides a method of making decryption practically extremely difficult. It involves having synchronized processors continuously calculate a defined pseudo-random number and communicate the message by adding it to the sequentially continuously calculated number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Blair Yochim