Patents by Inventor Bogdan Andreiu

Bogdan Andreiu 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).

  • Device theft protection associating a device identifier and a user identifier
    Patent number: 9762396
    Abstract: When theft protection of a computing device is initiated, credentials of the user are provided to one or more services that verify the credentials and generate a recovery key. A data value is generated based on the recovery key and an identifier of the computing device (e.g., by applying a cryptographic hash function to the recovery key and the computing device identifier), and the data value is provided to the computing device, which stores the data value at the computing device. When a user is prompted to prove his or her ownership of the device, the owner can prove his or her ownership of the device in different manners by accessing the one or more services via a network (e.g., the Internet), or by providing the recovery key (e.g., obtained using another computing device) to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mihai Irinel Susan, Bogdan Andreiu, Scott R. Shell, Scott Michael Bragg, Ling Tony Chen
  • Device Theft Protection Associating A Device Identifier And A User Identifier
    Publication number: 20170085386
    Abstract: When theft protection of a computing device is initiated, credentials of the user are provided to one or more services that verify the credentials and generate a recovery key. A data value is generated based on the recovery key and an identifier of the computing device (e.g., by applying a cryptographic hash function to the recovery key and the computing device identifier), and the data value is provided to the computing device, which stores the data value at the computing device. When a user is prompted to prove his or her ownership of the device, the owner can prove his or her ownership of the device in different manners by accessing the one or more services via a network (e.g., the Internet), or by providing the recovery key (e.g., obtained using another computing device) to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mihai Irinel Susan, Bogdan Andreiu, Scott R. Shell, Scott Michael Bragg, Ling Tony Chen
  • Device theft protection associating a device identifier and a user identifier
    Patent number: 9565169
    Abstract: When theft protection of a computing device is initiated, credentials of the user are provided to one or more services that verify the credentials and generate a recovery key. A data value is generated based on the recovery key and an identifier of the computing device (e.g., by applying a cryptographic hash function to the recovery key and the computing device identifier), and the data value is provided to the computing device, which stores the data value at the computing device. When a user is prompted to prove his or her ownership of the device, the owner can prove his or her ownership of the device in different manners by accessing the one or more services via a network (e.g., the Internet), or by providing the recovery key (e.g., obtained using another computing device) to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mihai Irinel Susan, Bogdan Andreiu, Scott R. Shell, Scott Michael Bragg, Ling Tony Chen
  • Device Theft Protection Associating A Device Identifier And A User Identifier
    Publication number: 20160294790
    Abstract: When theft protection of a computing device is initiated, credentials of the user are provided to one or more services that verify the credentials and generate a recovery key. A data value is generated based on the recovery key and an identifier of the computing device (e.g., by applying a cryptographic hash function to the recovery key and the computing device identifier), and the data value is provided to the computing device, which stores the data value at the computing device. When a user is prompted to prove his or her ownership of the device, the owner can prove his or her ownership of the device in different manners by accessing the one or more services via a network (e.g., the Internet), or by providing the recovery key (e.g., obtained using another computing device) to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Mihai Irinel Susan, Bogdan Andreiu, Scott R. Shell, Scott Michael Bragg, Ling Tony Chen