Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Hoult

Christopher A. Hoult 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).

  • System for rollout of certificates to client and server independent of public key infrastructure
    Patent number: 11509487
    Abstract: A first entity stores an issuer digital certificate published by a certificate authority (CA) and signed by the issuer certificate; and also stores an old issuer digital certificate published by the CA prior to publication of the issuer digital certificate and an old first entity digital certificate signed by the old issuer digital certificate. The first entity attempts to initiate a secure communication session with a second entity by receiving a second entity digital certificate from the second entity via an electronic network, and sending either the first entity digital certificate or the old first entity digital certificate to the second entity based on which of the issuer digital certificate or the old issuer digital certificate is effective to authenticate the second entity digital certificate received from the second entity. The secure communication session is conducted only if the attempt to initiate the secure communication session is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Kaseya Limited
    Inventors: Charles A. Barbe, Christopher S. Sprague, Christopher A. Hoult
  • SYSTEM FOR ROLLOUT OF CERTIFICATES TO CLIENT AND SERVER INDEPENDENT OF PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210288820
    Abstract: A first entity stores an issuer digital certificate published by a certificate authority (CA) and signed by the issuer certificate; and also stores an old issuer digital certificate published by the CA prior to publication of the issuer digital certificate and an old first entity digital certificate signed by the old issuer digital certificate. The first entity attempts to initiate a secure communication session with a second entity by receiving a second entity digital certificate from the second entity via an electronic network, and sending either the first entity digital certificate or the old first entity digital certificate to the second entity based on which of the issuer digital certificate or the old issuer digital certificate is effective to authenticate the second entity digital certificate received from the second entity. The secure communication session is conducted only if the attempt to initiate the secure communication session is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: DATTO, INC.
    Inventors: Charles A. Barbe, Christopher S. Sprague, Christopher A. Hoult