Patents by Inventor Christopher Heagney

Christopher Heagney 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).

  • Patent number: 10642984
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of a secure drive is provided. The system includes a gate array, a non-volatile memory drive, and a power source. The non-volatile memory drive has secure, operational, and persistent memory spaces. The secure memory space is programmed with an encryption key and an encrypted disk image. In response to a power cycle, the gate array reads the encrypted disk image from the secure memory, authenticates the disk image using the encryption key, decrypts the encrypted disk image, and writes the decrypted disk image to the operational memory. The decrypted disk image is used to boot a computer. The computer is booted to a known good state each time the power is cycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Christopher Heagney
  • Publication number: 20190377878
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of a secure drive is provided. The system includes a gate array, a non-volatile memory drive, and a power source. The non-volatile memory drive has secure, operational, and persistent memory spaces. The secure memory space is programmed with an encryption key and an encrypted disk image. In response to a power cycle, the gate array reads the encrypted disk image from the secure memory, authenticates the disk image using the encryption key, decrypts the encrypted disk image, and writes the decrypted disk image to the operational memory. The decrypted disk image is used to boot a computer. The computer is booted to a known good state each time the power is cycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Heagney
  • Publication number: 20170307731
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing equipment is provided. An analog test signal is received by an analog-to-digital converter. The test signal is converted to a digital test signal. The digital test signal is received by a digital processor. The digital test signal is processed and received by a digital memory and a digital-to-analog converter. The processed digital signal is converted to an analog test signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Christopher Heagney