Patents by Inventor Brendan Scott McMillion

Brendan Scott McMillion 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).

  • Managing private key access in multiple nodes
    Patent number: 10938554
    Abstract: Managing private key access in multiple nodes is described. A piece of data (e.g., a private key) is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption and identity-based revocation encryption so that only certain servers in a distributed network of servers can decrypt the piece of data. The piece of data is encrypted with a key encryption key (KEK). The KEK is split into two pieces. The first piece is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption with a first set of identities as input such that only servers of the first set of identities can decrypt the first piece, and the second piece is encrypted using identity-based revocation encryption so that all servers except those that have the second set of identities can decrypt the second piece. The keys are transmitted to the servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Sullivan, Brendan Scott McMillion
  • MANAGING PRIVATE KEY ACCESS IN MULTIPLE NODES
    Publication number: 20190140825
    Abstract: Managing private key access in multiple nodes is described. A piece of data (e.g., a private key) is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption and identity-based revocation encryption so that only certain servers in a distributed network of servers can decrypt the piece of data. The piece of data is encrypted with a key encryption key (KEK). The KEK is split into two pieces. The first piece is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption with a first set of identities as input such that only servers of the first set of identities can decrypt the first piece, and the second piece is encrypted using identity-based revocation encryption so that all servers except those that have the second set of identities can decrypt the second piece. The keys are transmitted to the servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Sullivan, Brendan Scott McMillion
  • Managing private key access in multiple nodes
    Patent number: 10177909
    Abstract: Managing private key access in multiple nodes is described. A piece of data (e.g., a private key) is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption and identity-based revocation encryption so that only certain servers in a distributed network of servers can decrypt the piece of data. The piece of data is encrypted with a key encryption key (KEK). The KEK is split into two pieces. The first piece is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption with an identified location as input such that only servers of the identified location can decrypt the first piece, and the second piece is encrypted using identity-based revocation encryption so that certain identified servers of the identified location cannot decrypt cannot decrypt the second piece. The keys are transmitted to the servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Sullivan, Brendan Scott McMillion