Patents by Inventor Brandon COLLIER

Brandon COLLIER 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).

  • Authenticating a system to enable access to a diagnostic interface in a storage device
    Patent number: 10355858
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, system, and method authenticating a system to access diagnostic interface in a storage device. The storage device includes a computer readable storage medium implemented to store data and a controller. The controller receives a request from the computer system to initiate a cryptographic nonce to access diagnostic interface in the storage device. The controller generates a nonce and returns to the computer system. Upon receiving an unlock request from the computer system to access the diagnostic interface including a signed nonce comprising at least the nonce encrypted with a private key by the authorized unlock system, the controller uses a public key that is a cryptographic pair with the private key to decrypt the signed nonce to determine whether to grant the computer system access to the diagnostic interface in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Collier, Thomas R. Bowen, Adrian R. Pearson, Jason R. Cox
  • AUTHENTICATING A SYSTEM TO ENABLE ACCESS TO A DIAGNOSTIC INTERFACE IN A STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170288867
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, system, and method authenticating a system to access diagnostic interface in a storage device. The storage device includes a computer readable storage medium implemented to store data and a controller. The controller receives a request from the computer system to initiate a cryptographic nonce to access diagnostic interface in the storage device. The controller generates a nonce and returns to the computer system. Upon receiving an unlock request from the computer system to access the diagnostic interface including a signed nonce comprising at least the nonce encrypted with a private key by the authorized unlock system, the controller uses a public key that is a cryptographic pair with the private key to decrypt the signed nonce to determine whether to grant the computer system access to the diagnostic interface in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Brandon COLLIER, Thomas R. BOWEN, Adrian R. PEARSON, Jason R. COX