Patents by Inventor Brian J. Widman

Brian J. Widman 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).

  • Counterfeit hardware detection techniques
    Patent number: 11630922
    Abstract: A method may include retrieving, by one or more processors of an industrial automation component, one or more parameters from a configuration file stored in a memory of the industrial automation component and one or more additional parameters from a vendor certificate stored in the memory. The vendor certificate is cryptographically signed by an entity. The method may also include determining, by the processors, whether the parameters from the configuration file match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, and in response to determining that the parameters from the configuration file do not match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, transmitting, by the processors, an indication that the industrial automation component is an unauthorized component to a display device for display, disabling the industrial automation component, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Mintz, James R. Copus, Dennis M. Wylie, Jr., Brian J. Widman, Asanka K. Mananayaka, Dan A. Gagich, Nathan B. Smith
  • COUNTERFEIT HARDWARE DETECTION TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20230088422
    Abstract: A method may include retrieving, by one or more processors of an industrial automation component, one or more parameters from a configuration file stored in a memory of the industrial automation component and one or more additional parameters from a vendor certificate stored in the memory. The vendor certificate is cryptographically signed by an entity. The method may also include determining, by the processors, whether the parameters from the configuration file match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, and in response to determining that the parameters from the configuration file do not match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, transmitting, by the processors, an indication that the industrial automation component is an unauthorized component to a display device for display, disabling the industrial automation component, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Scott A. Mintz, James R. Copus, Dennis M. Wylie, JR., Brian J. Widman, Asanka K. Mananayaka, Dan A. Gagich, Nathan B. Smith