Patents by Inventor Brian A. Marks

Brian A. Marks 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).

  • Systems and methods of device ownership self-verification
    Patent number: 11368315
    Abstract: A processor of a device may provision a component of the device with a digital signature algorithm and an authentication key algorithm and/or server-provisioned private and/or public keys. The processor may generate one or more private keys and public keys and/or store them in a secure memory of the device. The processor may transmit the generated public keys to an owner server and receive a pedigree document in response, which may be signed with the private key. The owner server may determine a change in an ownership of the device and append the pedigree document in an immutable fashion in response to the determining to reflect the change in the ownership and/or sign the appended pedigree document with a private key. A chain of ownership of the device is verifiable using only information contained within the appended pedigree document and rooted in the processor itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: VERIDIFY SECURITY INC.
    Inventors: Derek A. Atkins, Brian A. Marks, Louis M. Parks, Richard D. Smith
  • SECURE DEVICE ON-BOARDING, OWNERSHIP TRANSFER, PROOF-OF-OWNERSHIP, AND MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210021432
    Abstract: A processor of a device may provision a component of the device with a digital signature algorithm and an authentication key algorithm and/or server-provisioned private and/or public keys. The processor may generate one or more private keys and public keys and/or store them in a secure memory of the device. The processor may transmit the generated public keys to an owner server and receive a pedigree document in response, which may be signed with the private key. The owner server may determine a change in an ownership of the device and append the pedigree document in an immutable fashion in response to the determining to reflect the change in the ownership and/or sign the appended pedigree document with a private key. A chain of ownership of the device is verifiable using only information contained within the appended pedigree document and rooted in the processor itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: VERIDIFY SECURITY INC.
    Inventors: Derek A. Atkins, Brian A. Marks, Louis M. Parks, Richard D. Smith